RE: Transhumanist medical ethics?

From: Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Date: Thu Feb 25 1999 - 15:11:17 MST


Nick Bostrom wrote:
> This is one area where we need to do more thinking. We
> need to develop a transhumanist medical ethics..

Definitely. We need something better than the current extremes of "That's
unnatural!" vs. "I can do anything I please!"

One point to consider is that once you have created a new person, they
should then have the same rights as anyone else. Thus, if I believe I have
a fundamental right of self-ownership, then I should concede that my
creations have the same right.

Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com



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