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Art Caplan et al. @ Transforming Humanity: Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?

Posted: Dec 3, 2010

TRANSFORMING HUMANITY: FANTASY? DREAM? NIGHTMARE?

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/research/conferences/

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA USA

December 3-4, 2010

Sponsored by The Center for Inquiry, the Penn Center for Bioethics, and the Penn Center for Neuroscience & Society

Scheduled Speakers: Allen Buchanan (Duke), Arthur Caplan (Penn), Martha Farrah (Penn), Ronald Lindsay (CFI), Maxwell Mehlman (Case Western), Jonathan Moreno (Penn), Rosemarie Tong (UNC-Charlotte)

“Transforming Humanity: Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?” suggests three of the main approaches that have been taken in addressing human enhancements, namely that it is unrealistic to expect significant changes to human nature through enhancements, that significant changes are both possible and desirable, and that significant changes are possible but are highly undesirable. We invite papers from all academic disciplines that address any aspect of the conference theme, especially where scientific and technological breakthroughs may call for novel approaches to dealing with human transformation.

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