Kochetkova, Tatjana (2024) Towards the criteria of genuine human enhancement. In: Technological Enhancements for Improving Employee Performance, Safety, and Well-Being. IGI Global, pp. 23-52. ISBN 9798369396339
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This chapter explores the long-term implications of converging technologies and their significance for human performance enhancement. First, based on an analysis of the human condition, I consider what types of augmentations constitute a true improvement—what is a genuine human enhancement, as opposed to inadvisable or controversial augmentation? As a criterion for differentiation, I propose a set of human qualities that should be retained in any enhancement. Although this set is incomplete, adherence to these qualities will determine whether such transformations elevate humanity to a new level or potentially destroy it, as some bio-conservatives argue. Secondly, I focus on convergent technologies and examine the possibilities they offer for human performance enhancement. I consider specific types of enhancement and reflect on t several scenarios for the human future based on converging technologies. In conclusion, I discuss the risks and sociopolitical constraints of human enhancement, along with some practical considerations about setting limits.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Human enhancement | Converging technologies | Performance augmentation | Bio-conservatism | Sociopolitical constraints |
Subjects: | Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > Human Resource Management Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Development |
JGU School/Centre: | Jindal Global Law School |
Depositing User: | Dharmveer Modi |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2024 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:55 |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-9631-5.ch002 |
URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/8642 |
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