For the transhumanist, normal human functioning is not enough because transhumanism is a movement promoting the use of technology to enhance human physical and mental capacities beyond normal human functioning. It is about prolonging and “improving” human life. For the transhumanist, as well as being faster, stronger, sexier, more intelligent, the holy grail is the dream of everlasting life. I am reminded of C. S. Lewis’s profound book, The Abolition of Man. It paints a dystopian picture of a time when a technologically powerful society is no longer constrained by an agreed set of moral principles. If there is no absolute moral framework, then we are only subject to our own wills and desires and natural impulses. Going down the road of taking control of our own evolution will, says Lewis, eliminate what makes us most essentially human. It will result in the abolition of humanity… (READ MORE)

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