Could there be a superhuman species?

Oderberg, D. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-0515 (2014) Could there be a superhuman species? The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 52 (2). pp. 206-226. ISSN 0038-4283 doi: 10.1111/sjp.12057

Abstract/Summary

Transhumanism is the school of thought that advocates the use of technology to enhance the human species, to the point where some supporters consider that a new species altogether could arise. Even some critics think this at least a technological possibility. Some supporters also believe the emergence of a new, improved, superhuman species raises no special ethical questions. Through an examination of the metaphysics of species, and an analysis of the essence of the human species, I argue that the existence of an embodied, genuinely superhuman species is a metaphysical impossibility. Finally, I point out an interesting ethical consideration that this metaphysical truth raises.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/39607
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/sjp.12057
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Publisher	Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis
Download/View statistics	View download statistics for this item