트랜스휴머니즘과 인간향상의 생명정치학 = Transhumanism and the Biopolitics of Human Enhancement

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Several criticisms have been raised against human enhancement. A central dividing line in current human enhancement debate has been drawn between transhumanists and bioconservatives. The main focus of the debate has been whether there is any principled reason to ban human enhancement. In this paper, I claim that we need to change the focus of debate by considering biopolitical factors more seriously. The more important question in human enhancement debate should be how can we regulate and control developments and applications of human enhancement technologies in a democratic way for the purpose of promoting social equality and human values, rather than the current focus on whether we should pursue or ban enhancement technologies. Thus, I propose that human enhancement debate needs to be reconfigured between libertarian transhumanists and techno-progressives, so that the problems of social justice and inequality get their more deserving considerations. And by taking the side of techno-progressives, I will discern two senses within the concept of autonomy and reevaluate the relation between autonomy and social justice.

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