Human enhancement 2: Techno-optimism returns, the yuck factor, cultivating our bodies, and the divinisation of humanity
Matters of Life and Death
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Is There a Way of Human Enhancement?
Some theologians argue that there's a way of doing human enhancement which is not resisting ere god's order, but it's about collaboration with god. I think what i would have to say is the priority is to use medical technology for healing diseases. And at the moment, there are so many people across the planet whose lives are absolutely devastated by disease and disability. Now if you fast forward and sayn imagine some utopian future, might it be possible then to start using technology to explore whether we can actually improve on our humanity? I wouldn't rule that completely out of court. I just would say it's not the high priority at this moment.
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