It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering

It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering by Joelle Renstrom. This paper examines the consequences of the transhumanist goal to eliminate the suffering of all sentient beings. While transhumanists identify numerous approaches to this goal, the endg...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Joelle Renstrom
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	New York City College of Technology 2018
Materias:	transhumanism anthropocene genetic modification suffering humanism History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Language and Literature P Literature (General) PN1-6790
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/4001912a608a4684a4448c1274ab78b4
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:4001912a608a4684a4448c1274ab78b4
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4001912a608a4684a4448c1274ab78b42021-11-08T18:21:15ZIt’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering2160-0104https://doaj.org/article/4001912a608a4684a4448c1274ab78b42018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://nanocrit.com/issues/issue13/It-s-the-End-of-the-World-as-We-Know-It-and-We-Feel-Fantastic-Examining-the-End-of-Sufferinghttps://doaj.org/toc/2160-0104It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering by Joelle Renstrom. This paper examines the consequences of the transhumanist goal to eliminate the suffering of all sentient beings. While transhumanists identify numerous approaches to this goal, the endgame is genetic modification of humans and natural predators. Pursuing this goal would cost trillions, and such treatments/technology would be available only to the wealthy. The transhumanist agenda around suffering is economically irresponsible, socially divisive, and inherently egotistical in its assumption that suffering is universally undesirable and meritless, and that scientists and the techno-elite have the right to modify sentient creatures.Joelle RenstromNew York City College of Technologyarticletranshumanismanthropocenegenetic modificationsufferinghumanismHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999Language and LiteraturePLiterature (General)PN1-6790ENNANO, Iss 13 (2018)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	transhumanism anthropocene genetic modification suffering humanism History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Language and Literature P Literature (General) PN1-6790
spellingShingle	transhumanism anthropocene genetic modification suffering humanism History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Language and Literature P Literature (General) PN1-6790 Joelle Renstrom It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
description	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering by Joelle Renstrom. This paper examines the consequences of the transhumanist goal to eliminate the suffering of all sentient beings. While transhumanists identify numerous approaches to this goal, the endgame is genetic modification of humans and natural predators. Pursuing this goal would cost trillions, and such treatments/technology would be available only to the wealthy. The transhumanist agenda around suffering is economically irresponsible, socially divisive, and inherently egotistical in its assumption that suffering is universally undesirable and meritless, and that scientists and the techno-elite have the right to modify sentient creatures.
format	article
author	Joelle Renstrom
author_facet	Joelle Renstrom
author_sort	Joelle Renstrom
title	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
title_short	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
title_full	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
title_fullStr	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
title_full_unstemmed	It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering
title_sort	it’s the end of the world as we know it and we feel fantastic: examining the end of suffering
publisher	New York City College of Technology
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/4001912a608a4684a4448c1274ab78b4
work_keys_str_mv	AT joellerenstrom itstheendoftheworldasweknowitandwefeelfantasticexaminingtheendofsuffering
_version_	1718441464339365888

It’s the End of the World as We Know It and We Feel Fantastic: Examining the End of Suffering

Ejemplares similares