Transhumanism is committed to expanding the functional capacity of human beings by altering our innate biological characteristics, but in health sciences, health can be measured only by reference to those characteristics - our species-typical anatomy and functional integrity; these constitute the objective standard of human health. From the Public Health perspective, transhumanism is inherently unhealthy, associated with a permanent disruption to our innate, organic integrity. I will examine this conceptual anomaly and show that it undermines not only the transhumanist ideology but also the rationale for certain, widely accepted medical interventions.
Transhumanism and Health
Transhumanism and Health
Transhumanism and Health
Transhumanism is committed to expanding the functional capacity of human beings by altering our innate biological characteristics, but in health sciences, health can be measured only by reference to those characteristics - our species-typical anatomy and functional integrity; these constitute the objective standard of human health. From the Public Health perspective, transhumanism is inherently unhealthy, associated with a permanent disruption to our innate, organic integrity. I will examine this conceptual anomaly and show that it undermines not only the transhumanist ideology but also the rationale for certain, widely accepted medical interventions.