Transhumanism
Intellectual movement advocating use of technology to enhance human capabilities beyond current limitations. Transhumanists support genetic engineering, cybernetics, life extension, and cognitive enhancement. Goals include overcoming aging, disease, cognitive limits, and involuntary suffering. Philosophical roots in Enlightenment, liberal humanism, and technological optimism. Ethical questions include access inequality, unintended consequences, and what makes us human. Variants range from democratic transhumanism to techno-libertarianism. Critics warn of hubris, dehumanization, and existential risks. Transhumanism represents faith in technological solutions to human problems.
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