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	Transhumanism - Conservapedia
		Natasha Vita-More's Primo is a depiction of a hypothetical transhuman.
		Transhumanism is the idea that humanity should use the possibilities for self-modification potentially offered by technologies like cybernetics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology to improve the human body and consciousness beyond our current form and limitations.
		Early advances towards Transhumanism is a common philosophy in the body modification or "bod mod" community.
	www.conservapedia.com /Transhumanism (186 words)

	Reference for Transhumanism - Search.com
		Transhumanism is therefore sometimes referred to as "posthumanism" or a form of transformational activism influenced by posthumanist ideals.
		Some secular humanists conceive transhumanism as an offspring of the humanist freethought movement and argue that transhumanists differ from the humanist mainstream by having a specific focus on technological approaches to resolving human concerns and on the issue of mortality.
		Transhuman Space is a 2002 RPG, set in the year 2100 when humanity has begun to colonize the Solar System, where the pursuit of transhumanism is now in full swing, as more and more people struggle to reach a fully posthuman state.
	www.search.com /reference/Transhumanism (7510 words)

	Transhumanism - Uvvy
		Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase.
		Transhumanism can be viewed as an extension of humanism, from which it is partially derived.
		Transhumanism is entering the mainstream culture today, as increasing numbers of scientists, scientifically literate philosophers, and social thinkers are beginning to take seriously the range of possibilities that transhumanism encompasses.
	uvvy.com /index.php/Transhumanism (765 words)

	Transhumanism featured on Wikipedia - FutureTAG (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Text: "Transhumanism is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human physical and cognitive abilities and ameliorate what it regards as harsh and unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such as disease and aging.
		Transhumanism's vision of a deeply transformed future humanity has attracted many sympathizers, as well as critics from a wide range of perspectives.
		Transhumanism has been described by a prominent sympathizer as the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity," while according to a prominent critic, it is the world's most dangerous idea".
	futuretag.net /index.php?title=Transhumanism_featured_on_Wikipedia&redirect=no (219 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Transhumanism
		Transhumanism (sometimes abbreviated >H or H+) is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes, and ameliorate what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such as disease, aging, and death.
		Transhumanism has been described by a proponent as the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity," while according to one outspoken opponent, it is the world's most dangerous idea.
		Transhumanism is sometimes erroneously referred to as "Posthumanism," especially in the United States where that term is not as common outside academic sources.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Transhumanism (6544 words)

	Transhumanism - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Transhumanism (sometimes abbreviated >H or H+) is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human physical and cognitive abilities and ameliorate what it regards as harsh aspects of the human condition, such as disease and aging.
		Transhumanism cultivates the academic study of the possibilities and consequences of developing and using human enhancement techniques and other emerging technologies for these purposes.
		Although the first known use of the term "transhumanism" dates from 1957, the contemporary meaning is a product of the 1980s, when a group of scientists, artists, and futurists based in California began to organize what has since grown into the transhumanist movement.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Transhumanism (5355 words)

	Transhumanism - Future
		Transhumanism (sometimes abbreviated >H or H+) is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human cognitive and physical abilities and ameliorate what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such as disease, aging, and death.
		Transhumanism has been described by a proponent as the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity," while according to a prominent critic, it is the world's most dangerous idea.
		Transhumanism shares many elements of humanism, including a respect for reason and science, a commitment to progress, and a valuing of human (or transhuman) existence in this life.
	future.wikia.com /wiki/Transhumanism (2571 words)

	Transhumanism
		“Transhumanism," transhumanists say, "is entering the mainstream culture today, as increasing numbers of scientists, scientifically literate philosophers, and social thinkers are beginning to take seriously the range of possibilities that transhumanism encompasses.
		This strand of transhumanism advocates both the right to use 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 values such as equality, solidarity, and democratic participation in a transhuman context.
		Transhumanism has already had an impact on the direction of NBICS research and development, and on social structures, social policies and social groups (see my columns Therapy Versus Enhancement and Ableism and NBICS).
	www.innovationwatch.com /choiceisyours/choiceisyours.2006.09.30.htm (1646 words)

	The Politics of Transhumanism
		(Transhumans) are the earliest manifestations of new evolutionary beings.
		Transhumanism shares many elements of humanism, including a respect for reason and science, a commitment to progress, and a valuing of human (or transhuman) existence in this life rather than in some supernatural "afterlife".
		Transhumanism differs from humanism in recognizing and anticipating the radical alterations in the nature and possibilities of our lives resulting from various sciences and technologies such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology, life extension, nanotechnology, artificial ultraintelligence, and space habitation, combined with a rational philosophy and value system.
	www.changesurfer.com /Acad/TranshumPolitics.htm (11056 words)

	Transhumanism: A Futurist Philosophy
		Humanism is a eupraxophy or philosophy of life that rejects deities, faith, and worship, instead basing a view of values and meaningfulness on the nature and potentials of humans within a rational and scientific framework.
		Transhumanism shares many elements of humanism, including a respect for reason and science, a commitment to progress, and a valuing of human (or transhuman) existence in this life rather than in some supernatural "afterlife".
		Transhumanism differs from humanism in recognizing and anticipating the radical alterations in the nature and possibilities of our lives resulting from various sciences and technologies such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology, life extension, nanotechnology, artificial ultraintelligence, and space habitation, combined with a rational philosophy and value system.
	www.maxmore.com /transhum.htm (4429 words)

	CYDAILY.COM: Transhumanism
		Transhumanism (sometimes abbreviated >H or H+) is an intellectual and cultural movement analyzing and supporting morphological freedom and the use of new sciences and technologies to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
		While largely a grassroots and broadly based movement, transhumanism does tend toward rational arguments and empirical observations of natural phenomena; in many respects, transhumanists partake in a culture of science and reason, and are guided by humanitarian principles and values.
		Transhumanism argues there exists an ethical imperative for humans to strive for progress and improvement of the human condition.
	www.cydaily.com /trans.html (3033 words)

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		Transhumanism is a new approach to bioethics which argues that technology can be used to overcome the limitations of the human body, and that individuals should be allowed to enhance their bodies.
		As Bostrom (1998) outlines, transhumanism is a philosophy that is directed towards specific kinds of technology, frequently upon technologies that are currently emerging from theoretical possibilities such as cryonics, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
		Transhumanism is obviously an outgrowth of humanism, so it would be worthwhile to examine some of the issues surrounding ordinary humanism.
	www.lycos.com /info/transhumanism.html (511 words)

	Transhumanism
		Transhumanism is the attitude to improve oneself, physically and mentally, to not accept the existing biological and social limits, and to overcome these using rational methods like technology and science.
		Transhumanism is the philosophy that we can and should develop to higher levels, both physically, mentally and socially using rational methods.
		Transhumanism is a commitment to overcoming human limits in all their forms including extending lifespan, augmenting intelligence, perpetually increasing knowledge, achieving complete control over our personalities and identities and gaining the ability to leave the planet.
	www.dse.nl /~hkl/e_transh.htm (1201 words)

	Transhumanism - Translook
		Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase.
		Transhumanism can be viewed as an extension of humanism, from which it is partially derived.
		Transhumanism is entering the mainstream culture today, as increasing numbers of scientists, scientifically literate philosophers, and social thinkers are beginning to take seriously the range of possibilities that transhumanism encompasses.
	translook.com /index.php/Transhumanism (785 words)

	HUMANTRUTH-Br20. Transhumanism transcended
		It is to be hoped that this is not the case with transhumanism.
		Transhumanism - T - is the study of means of overcoming fundamental human limitations.
		But transhumanism does seemingly propose that these all-powerful Machine-drives be somehow harnessed to the cause of human happiness.
	www.humantruth.org /trahumb20.htm (1368 words)

	Democratic Transhumanism
		Democratic transhumanism 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.
		Transhumanism as a vanguard civil rights movement had arrived, and the stunned but open expressions on the faces of the largely straight male audience showed the work that transhumanists still needed to do to reach out to the disparate constituencies that will build democratic transhumanism.
		A democratic transhumanism also needs to make the case to skeptical and hostile Greens that the new technologies can be developed safely, and deployed in ways that prevent and repair the damage we are doing the ecosystem and human health.
	www.changesurfer.com /Acad/DemocraticTranshumanism.htm (9133 words)

	Transhumanism
		Transhumanism is less a religion or even a philosophy than a general outlook on life.
		Transhumanism is the view that humans can and should strive to become more than they currently are, using technological means.
		Transhumanism might be described as the technology of advanced individual enhancement.
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/transhumanism.html (628 words)

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