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Transhumanism in Africa: The Prospects of Moral Enhancement and Its Challenges

Transhumanism in Africa: The Prospects of Moral Enhancement and Its Challenges

Chimakonam, Amara Esther

Hardcover

Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, Book 53

PhilosophyGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 28, 2026

ISBN10: 3032226716
ISBN13: 9783032226716
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 28 2026
Pages: 164
Language: English

This edited volume demonstrates how African philosophy can offer new ways to understand transhumanism and moral enhancement, which involve improving humans' moral, emotional, and cognitive capacities, genes, and physical abilities through scientific and technological interventions. These interventions aim to help individuals overcome some (if not all) biological and natural limitations, such as diseases, ageing, and even death, in order to become transhumans and posthumans. The volume considers how African values can either support and/or challenge transhumanism and moral enhancement from African philosophical perspectives. For example, one might defend moral enhancement by imagining a posthuman future in Africa or argue that it truncates the process of acquiring personhood within the African philosophical context. This volume is of great benefit to researchers, professionals, and students interested in exploring the prospects and challenges of transhumanism and moral enhancement from a perspective beyond the Western worldview.

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