PANEL 3 - The Ethics of Human Enhancement
Convenors: Jorge Mateus
All inquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected].
Julian Savulescu will be a participant in this panel.
Over the last few decades, technology has changed and transformed human lives more than ever before. Radical advances in genetics, neurosciences, and the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science with artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly challenging our very understanding of what it means to be human. Reprogenetics and gene editing using the CRISPR-Cas9 technology opened the doors to the redesign of our genome and the possibility of permanently altering the evolutionary process. Step by step, our humanity is becoming a project of our own design.
These and related problems are now extensively covered by the enhancement ethics literature. The present panel aims at promoting the discussion of these problems. A non-exhaustive list of possible relevant topics to be addressed in the panel includes:
If you want to apply, please submit an abstract, of 400-500 words along with five keywords, of your paper prepared for peer review by 17 April 2022. We will respond by 28 April 2022. All proposals must be submitted online through our website using the Abstract submission Form (please, click “Submit Abstract” and fill the form).
All inquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected].
Julian Savulescu will be a participant in this panel.
Over the last few decades, technology has changed and transformed human lives more than ever before. Radical advances in genetics, neurosciences, and the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science with artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly challenging our very understanding of what it means to be human. Reprogenetics and gene editing using the CRISPR-Cas9 technology opened the doors to the redesign of our genome and the possibility of permanently altering the evolutionary process. Step by step, our humanity is becoming a project of our own design.
These and related problems are now extensively covered by the enhancement ethics literature. The present panel aims at promoting the discussion of these problems. A non-exhaustive list of possible relevant topics to be addressed in the panel includes:
- Human enhancement and well-being;
- Human enhancement and human nature;
- Gene editing and flourishing;
- Autonomy, authenticity, and gene editing;
- Social and economic impacts of human enhancement;
- Transhumanism and posthumanism;
- Policy, safety, and regulation;
- Other topics.
If you want to apply, please submit an abstract, of 400-500 words along with five keywords, of your paper prepared for peer review by 17 April 2022. We will respond by 28 April 2022. All proposals must be submitted online through our website using the Abstract submission Form (please, click “Submit Abstract” and fill the form).
