In its “Special Issue on Transhumanism”, the magazine Global Spiral gave guest editor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and five other authors - Ted Peters, Katherine Hayles, Don Ihde, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, and Andrew Pickering - all participants in a Templeton Foundation-funded project on transhumanism - an opportunity to critique transhumanism’s alleged faults. This responsive second Special Issue on Transhumanism is an opportunity for ten transhumanist authors - seven of them members of the IEET community - to evaluate the criticisms and address concerns.

Nick Bostrom (IEET): “In Defense of Posthuman Dignity”

Max More: “True Transhumanism”

Aubrey de Grey (IEET): Aubrey de Grey’s Declaration

Natasha Vita-More (IEET): Bringing Arts/Sciences and Design Into the Discussion of Transhumanism

Russell Blackford (IEET): Trite Truths About Technology: A Reply to Ted Peters

Sky Marsen: Conceptualizing Future Identities

Michael LaTorra (IEET): Transhumanism: Threat or Menace? A Response to Andrew Pickering

Mark Walker (IEET): Ship of Fools: Why Transhumanism is the Best Bet to Prevent the Extinction of Civilization

Amara Graps: Reproductive Choices: The Promising Landscape of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Martine Rothblatt (IEET): From Mind Loading to Mind Cloning – Gene to Meme to Beme: A Perspective on the Nature of Humanity