Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Transhumanism advocates the development and use of technologies to eradicate disease and suffering, enhance humans' abilities, and extend humans' life spans.Some such technologies are currently in use, including prosthetics to facilitate movement and medications to enhance focus.As technologies become increasingly sophisticated, it is likely that they will be accessible to relatively few individuals as a result of their cost and availability.We examine the potential impact of a Western society's increasing use of enhancements by a privileged segment of its population on its understanding of disability as compared with current models of disability and associated ethical issues.
Authors: Sana Loue, Harshita Kuna, Sean Eli McCormick
Institutions: Case Western Reserve University, University of Michigan
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409207729