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On what basis then do we make moral judgments and pursue pragmatic ends.

The idea of some fixed human nature, a human essence from which we derive notions of humane dignities and essential human rights, no longer applies in this brave new world of free market evolution. If the pace of change continues and indeed accelerates in the twenty-first century, then in short order we will be a much-transformed species on a much-transformed planet. The last hundred years of human evolution have seen remarkable scientific and technological transformations. The often heated debate about transhumanism is an extremely fruitful field for philosophical and theological inquiry.

This book brings together sixteen of the world’s foremost thinkers on the prospects of a radical reshaping of human nature through biotechnologies and artificial intelligence.