Personal Identity in Enhancement
The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of human enhancement, its methods and its relation to personal identity. Also several approaches to personal identity will be described. Transhumanism is a special think tank supporting human enhancement through modern technologies and some of its re...
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doaj-0bf5d25ea36e48a6b019da60be39e0f22020-11-24T21:35:05ZcesOstiumOstium1336-65562015-09-01113Personal Identity in EnhancementJana Podroužková0Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, BrnoThe aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of human enhancement, its methods and its relation to personal identity. Also several approaches to personal identity will be described. Transhumanism is a special think tank supporting human enhancement through modern technologies and some of its representatives claim, that even great changes to human organisms will not affect their personal identity. I will briefly describe the most important means of human enhancment and consider the problem of personal identity for each of them separately.http://www.ostium.sk/sk/personal-identity-in-enhancement/EnhancementTranshumanismPersonal identityCriterion of IdentityPractical Concerns |
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The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of human enhancement, its methods and its relation to personal identity. Also several approaches to personal identity will be described. Transhumanism is a special think tank supporting human enhancement through modern technologies and some of its representatives claim, that even great changes to human organisms will not affect their personal identity. I will briefly describe the most important means of human enhancment and consider the problem of personal identity for each of them separately. |
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