We imagine posthumans as humans made superhumanly intelligent or
resilient by future advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology,
information technology and cognitive science. Many argue that these
enhanced people might live better lives; others fear that tinkering
with our nature will undermine our sense of our own humanity.
Whoever is right, it is assumed that our technological successor
will be an upgraded or degraded version of us: Human 2.0.
"Posthuman Life" argues that the enhancement debate projects a
human face onto an empty screen. We do not know what will happen
and, not being posthuman, cannot anticipate how posthumans will
assess the world. If a posthuman future will not necessarily be
informed by our kind of subjectivity or morality the limits of our
current knowledge must inform any ethical or political assessment
of that future. "Posthuman Life "develops a critical metaphysics of
posthuman succession and argues that only a truly speculative
posthumanism can support an ethics that meets the challenge of the
transformative potential of technology.
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