Democratic transhumanism
Democratic transhumanism is a strand of transhumanism that advocates both the use of technology to transcend the limitations of the human body and the extension of democratic concerns beyond formal legal equality and liberty, into economic and cultural liberty and equality, in order to protect democratic values in a transhuman context.
In other words, democratic transhumanism is a biopolitical philosophy synthesizing liberal democracy, social democracy and transhumanism.
The ethical foundation of democratic transhumanism rests upon rule utilitarianism and non-anthropocentric personhood theory.
Democratic transhumanism can be seen as a form of left-wing techno-utopianism or anticipatory techno-progressivism.
According to Dr James Hughes, democratic transhumanism, a term he coined in 2002, "stems from the assertion that human beings will generally be happier when they take rational control of the natural and social forces that control their lives."
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Possible forebearers
- Charles Fourier
- Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon
- Marquis de Condorcet
- Edward Bellamy
- FM-2030
- Friedrich Engels
- H. G. Wells
- J. B. S. Haldane
- J. D. Bernal
- Joseph Priestley
- Karl Marx
- Robert Hooke
- Robert Bowie Owens
- Thomas Paine
- William Godwin
Possible currents
- Afrofuturism
- Biopunk movement
- Body modification futurism
- Cyborg theory feminism
- Democratic globalization movement
- Nanosocialism
- Open source movement
- Post-Darwinian leftism
- Postcyberpunk literature
- Pro-automation/post-work/guaranteed minimum income movement
- Pro-technology disability rights movement
- Queer futurism
- Radical feminist futurism
- Technogaianism
- Transgenderism
- Up-wing politics
- Viridian design movement
Organizations with DT representation
- World Transhumanist Association
- Toronto Transhumanist Association
- Quebec Transhumanist Association
External links
Essays
- Embracing Change with All Four Arms: A Post-Humanist Defense of Genetic Engineering
- Politics of Transhumanism
- Democratic Transhumanism 2.0
Portals
Books
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