If biotechnology can be used to "upgrade" humans physically and mentally, should it be used at all? And, if so, to what extent? How will biotechnology affect societal cohesion? Can the development be controlled, or is this a Pandora's box that should remain closed? These are but a few of the perplex questions facing scientists as a result of the increasing ability of technology to change biology and, in turn, profoundly change human living conditions. This development has created a new posthuman horizon that will influence contemporary life and politics in a number of ways. The Posthuman Condition addresses the challenges of: - Imagining a society where the properties of humans have shifted radically - Assessing the scope of deploying technologies that are already underway - Basing decisions on an ethical foundation that does not entail a concept of human nature - Ascertaining the types of political action that can and should be taken in the face of this situation - The anthology brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines: biotechnology, medicine, ethics, politics, and aesthetics, and among contributors are Francis Fukuyama, Julian Savulescu, Maxwell Mehlman, John Harris and Chris Hables Gray.

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Contents
Posthuman Horizons and Realities: Introduction
Notes on contributors
part I
Tech nological scenarios
1 Cyborging the Posthuman: Participatory Evolution
2 How Close Are We to Being Able to Achieve the Transhumanist Vision?
3 Genetics – It Just Got Personal
4 The Medicine of the Future – Live Long and Prosper?
part II
Ethical dilemmas
5 Post-What? (And Why Does It Matter?)
6 Treating Symptoms Rather Than Causes? On “Enhancement” and Social Oppression
7 A Liberal View on Liberal Enhancement
Part III
Artistic responses
8 Three Ways of Change: The New Human in Literature
9 Artistic Consequences of Tech nology Insinuating Itself into the Human Body
10 Dehumanizing Danto and Fukuyama: Towards a Post-Hegelian Role for Art in Evolution
Part IV
Political possibilities
11 Agency or Inevitability: Will Human Beings Control Their Tech nological Future?
12 Biological Egalitarianism: A Defence
13 Enhancing Equality
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