Cognitive Enhancement and the Identity Objection
Abstract
This is a translation of the article originally published as Walker, M. (2008). Cognitive Enhancement and the Identity Objection. Journal of Evolution and Technology, 18(1), 108-115.
Abstract:
I argue that the technology to attempt to create posthumans is much closer than many realize and that the right to become posthuman is much more complicated than it might first appear.
Keywords:
posthumanism, Cognitive Enhancement, Individual IdentityReferences
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