Human Enhancement Analysis

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”, these are the quotes of the famous German physicist Albert Einstein in relation to how the world has become overly reliant on technology. As a result, we have taken nature for granted while also ignoring the adverse effects of technology. The making of steam engine, the usage of fossil fuel and the creation of chlorofluorocarbon are all technologies which has benefited us greatly and are continuing to do so, but like everything on this earth there are always negatives to counter the positives This is the balance that we must find between nature and humans.

This theory is applied to positivist theory when looking at evolution and why some traits survive and some don’t (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). This perspective offers insight to why some less evolved humans still possess traits and qualities that are considered unsavory in today’s society. The flaw in this conclusion that that it assumes that some traits which are present in certain humans may have once been necessary, when in no society would they have ever been acceptable. For example, if a person has an identified trait which predisposes them to murder, but no one else does, should we assume that this trait was once necessary in previous

The good of an “individual nonhuman organism” is realized to the extent that it is “strong and healthy” (Taylor 103). An entity is said to be “strong and healthy” to Taylor if it “possesses

To examine this possibility, Garreau interviewed Nick Bostrom, co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association. Bostrom shows his agreement with human transcendence by asserting that “Technological progress makes it harder for people to ignore the fact that we might actually change the human nature” (qtd. in Garreau, 242).

Without an excessive amount of technology, people would be able to continue life without it influencing their choices and relations around them. Overall, people have become overly reliant on technology and should begin to lead life excluding an abundance of technology.

The first essay that shows will be my 2H essay, or what I call “Devastating Technology”. Technology is necessary to humans in modern days. Technology helps humans to solve abundant of problems and makes humans life convenient. However, is technology only provides ultimate benefits instead of having negative effects? In this essay, you are going to see how technology has influenced humans in negative sides.

A smart, scholarly and skillful author named Aldous Huxley once said “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards”. The advancement, improvement and the wrong use of technology has affected the world in a really negative way. When technology first started to improve and become more advanced was during the WW1 and WW2, which caused the most destructive wars in human history. For example the wrong use of technology led the Americans to produce one of the most destructive bombs that killed about more than 80,000 innocent people in Japan, Nagasaki. Another perfect example could be the production of nuclear weapons and missiles in Russia and Iran, which are made to eventually be used in another

First, Steven Best, argues that humans deny rights to animals due to the labels we give them. We label animals speciesism as a way to justify our actions on how we treat them. Second, he stated, “might be a philosophical nature issue arises from the logical meaningless way we reject any attempt to compare moral values to nonhuman forms”(Best 4).This can be interpreted as humans ignorance. Best makes a point that the way we express ourselves subconsciously grants us the permission to test, label, and slaughter nonhuman life for our benefits or

Techno-optimist or techno-pessimist? That is the question. Technology throughout time has no doubt changed our way of life. Travelling to destinations quicker, curing new diseases, or figuring out how to cease a wide famine are examples of how technology has made advances over time. The solutions that scientists create spark a tool that others cannot live without. But what if these technologies bring out negative effects rather than their desired purpose? Sometimes, innovators create new inventions that bring unintended consequences. It could range from less communication face to face, side effects from new medicines, or pollute the earth’s atmosphere.

Transhumanism is in a dangerous moral area, in part because it has a large potential to endanger people 's rights, and also because it leads us to think being human isn’t good enough. In spite of this, it cannot change human nature. Human nature is who and what we are. We are people created and loved by God who gave us a body, soul, and free will. Transhumanism cannot touch our souls, nor can it change the fact that God created us and loves us. It cannot take away our free will which is central to human nature.

When a person thinks how would life be if we didn’t have technology a person may say it would be impossible. But stop and think for a moment what if technology didn’t have the human race what would it do? In the story “Who Can Replace A Man,” by Brian Aldiss we learn a little something about how the human race needs technology and technology needs us.

In his article “All Animals Are Equal,” Peter Singer discusses the widely-held belief that, generally speaking, there is no more inequality in the world, because all groups of formerly oppressed humans are now liberated. However, it often goes without notice that there are groups of nonhuman animals that continue to face unequal treatment, such as those that are consumed or used as scientific test subjects. Singer’s article criticizes the belief that because humans are generally more intelligent than nonhuman animals, then all humans are superior to all nonhuman animals. Singer argues that intelligence is an arbitrary trait to base the separation of humans and nonhumans, and declares that the only trait that one can logically base moral value is the capacity to have interests, which is determined by a creature’s ability to suffer. Singer explains that in order to stay consistent with the basic principle of equality, anything that has the capacity to suffer ought to have its needs and interests recognized, just as humans’ needs and interests are currently recognized through what he calls “equal consideration.” In this paper, I will explain Singer’s notion of equal consideration as the only relevant sense of equality and why it applies to the rights of both human and nonhuman species that are

The new species, or post human, will view the humans as inferior, even savages, and fit for slavery or slaughter. The normals, on the other hand, may see the post humans as a threat and if they can, may engage in a preempting strike by killing the post humans before the post humans kill or enslave them.” (McIntosh, 2010). As (Devlin, 2014) stated “those who enhance themselves are just as likely to use these technologies selfishly, which could worsen social, environmental, political, and economic matters.” This is a reality that will arise from transhumanism. The benefits will serve the rich for the most part thus, The poor will continue dying. Everlasting life will benefit the rich only.

It is evident that the history of modern technology has not favored the ideal of benefiting the majority; most times, the complete opposite is true. As the world modernized, those on top found ways to take advantage of the less fortunate. As the rich stayed richer, the poor were left to continue their poor lives. Slavery, extortion, warfare and the mass reduction of resources was the result of the insatiable greed that has been prevalent time and again. The question of whether technology is truly useful is one that is often debated upon, but what good is technology if the creation of it results in the suffering of others? While it can be argued that certain forms of technology can be very useful, more often than not, they weren 't created with the intention to be used by the public in such a manner. For example, machines like computers were developed for use in war, not to serve as conveniences for the populace, rather they were meant for use in war. Examining the history of technology in regards to the automobile industry shows a familiar trend of rampant avarice and a sheer disregard for the needs of the many.

Technology is a tool created by the human race to enhance its ability to learn and grow as a collective group. Humans taper these tools, created through technological process, to their uniquely specific needs. Technology, when used in a morally sound way, can have immense benefits that help a culture grow and develop effectively as demonstrated by the society in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World; however technology can be a double edged sword in the sense that it has the power to destroy as demonstrated in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 2001 A Space Odyssey. When this is coupled with its own unreliability, technology can be a challenge for those who seek to control and master its enigmas. Technology does not have the ability to choose