@misc{10481/76881,
year = {2022},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/76881},
abstract = {The cumulative impact of enhancement technologies may alter the human species in the very long‐term future. In this article, I will start showing how radical genetic enhancements may accelerate the conversion into a novel
species. I will also clarify the concepts of ‘biological species’, ‘transhuman’ and ‘posthuman’. Then, I will summarize some ethical arguments for creating a transhuman or posthuman species with a substantially higher level of well‐being than the human one. In particular, I will present what I shall call the Principle of the Best Interests of Posthumanity, which states that the enhancement of the human and transhuman species must be directed towards the creation of a posthuman existence that is substantially more valuable than its predecessors. I suggestthathuman extinction maybe considered, within that principle, as one of the best interests of posthumanity. Finally, I will develop three objections that make that principle unattractive and that show that pursuing a full‐blown programme of posthuman evolution is ethically flawed.},
organization = {This research is funded by an INPhINIT Retaining Fellowship of the La Caixa Foundation (Grant number LCF/BQ/DR20/11790005). Funding for open access charge provided by Universidad de Granada/CBUA.},
keywords = {Genetic enhancement},
keywords = {Human extinction},
keywords = {Longtermism},
keywords = {Posthumanity},
keywords = {Transhumanism},
title = {Genetic enhancement, human extinction, and the best interests of posthumanity},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13085},
author = {Rueda Etxebarria, Jon},
}