From “Better than Well” to “More than Human”

Abstract

The enhancement medicine problem has been well documented. But the transhumanist utopia considers the possibility and desirability of something beyond enhancement: radical enhancement. The aim of radical enhancement is to transcend natural evolution as implemented by a rather inefficient Mother Nature. This paper will recall the arguments of the transhumanists and their foes, focusing on three points: philosophy of technology, philosophy of mind and the concept of health.