Technology and Virtue Theory: Exploring Transhumanism, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Taqavi, Mostafa (Supervisor)
Abstract
Science and technology, in current century, has taken an unprecedented step towards human-engineering, in which the enhancement of human capacities, states, emotions, and behaviours is taken under consideration. In search of a better world and a happier life, the enhancement technologies aim at the design and development of a better human being. On the other hand, the nexus between the betterment of human nature and the achievement of happiness in life has roots in the traditional virtue theory as well. Virtue ethics also aims at the cultivation of intellectual, moral, and practical capacities of human being. This dissertation is a compare-contrast analysis of the relationship between the...
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Abstract
Science and technology, in current century, has taken an unprecedented step towards human-engineering, in which the enhancement of human capacities, states, emotions, and behaviours is taken under consideration. In search of a better world and a happier life, the enhancement technologies aim at the design and development of a better human being. On the other hand, the nexus between the betterment of human nature and the achievement of happiness in life has roots in the traditional virtue theory as well. Virtue ethics also aims at the cultivation of intellectual, moral, and practical capacities of human being. This dissertation is a compare-contrast analysis of the relationship between the...
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