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David Pearce & Justin Oakley at Ceres p1- Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism

671 views · Published 25 August 2015 · 37:43 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Note: Discussion seems to end on a bit of a cliffhanger - hang in there, Part 2 of this discussion is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=073ZSzTpoz8

Many thanks to Ceres for providing such a wonderful backdrop to the discussion. http://www.ceres.org.au

Talking points:
- Strands of transhumanism
- Moral Enhancement
- Transhumanism & Virtue Ethics - Enhancing Virtues
- Evolutionary Hangovers informing virtues
- Virtue ethics and phasing out suffering - intrinsic goods - should we enhance all virtues?
- Friendship - is it an intrinsic good?  Shared challenges/struggles, overcoming obstacles in life.
- Using biotechnology for human enhancement
- What kind of person do you want to be?  How closely do you approximate the kind of person you would like to be?
- Milgrim Experiments - are we as virtuous as we think?  Perhaps not as damning as what may be inferred from the Milgrim studies - the people had an idea that it was not real - and that it was a behavioral experiment.
- Best of friends rejoice at each others failings.. 

Photos from Ceres (in Melbourne Australia): https://www.flickr.com/photos/38821895@N07/albums/72157657615653256

Note, that Justin Oakley and David Pearce first met in person on a panel (Peter Singer, Hilary Greaves, Justin Oakley, David Pearce) on 'Philosophy & Effective Altruism' at the EA Global Conference Melbourne.  Here are some photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/malvpics/20613164175/in/dateposted/
Thanks to Mal Vickers for doing some photography




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