transhumanism
nounEtymology From trans- + humanism, coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957.
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A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
- Near-synonym: posthumanism (in one of its senses)
- Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual.2011, Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz, The Techno-Human Condition, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 87:
- Related terms
- transhuman, transhumanist, bioconservatism, human enhancement, positive eugenics, superhuman, übermensch