Sukhmann+Aneja's+Soapstones

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**Author**: Wesley J. Smith

**Subject**: An analysis and extention of Kyle Munkittrick’s article regarding the likelihood of a transhumanist future

**Occasion**: The presence of transhumanism future and contemporary society has led to the discussion of its immorality

**Audience**: anyone who’s interested in learning more about the downsides of transhumanism

**Purpose**: To explain why transhumanism is both immoral and unlikely

**Speaker**: A scientist who studies Human Exceptionalism and is opposed to the transhumanist movement

**Tone**: Conversational (“don’t roll your eyes”), m ildly argumentative, analytical

**Quotes**: “Needless to say, transhumanists support brain implants and other measures taken to “improve” intelligence (never the ability to love, I notice)—including the ludicrous notion of uploading individual human consciousnesses into computers.”

"A 'key social indicator' of the arrival of transhumanism, Munkittrick writes, will be when you “find yourself seriously considering having your birth-given hand lopped off and replaced with a cybernetic one.” Don’t roll your eyes."

"What role does death play in our individual and collective lives and what might we be and do without it?"

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**Author**: Francis Fukuyama

**Subject**: A detailed analysis of the long-term moral consequences of transhumanism

**Occasion**: A rise in the popularity of the tranhumanist movement during the 21st century

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Audience**: Anyone who wants to understand how transhumanism will affect our equality and rights as human beings

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Purpose**: To explain why transhumanism is immoral and will only widen the gap between the wealthy and the poor

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Speaker**: Francis Fukuyama, a professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tone**: argumentative, professional, inquisitive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Quotes**: “If we start transforming ourselves into something superior, what rights will these enhanced creatures claim, and what rights will they possess when compared to those left behind? If some move ahead, can anyone afford not to follow?”

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"Even our mortality plays a critical function in allowing our species as a whole to survive and adapt (and transhumanists are just about the last group I'd like to see live forever). Modifying any one of our key characteristics inevitably entails modifying a complex, interlinked package of traits, and we will never be able to anticipate the ultimate outcome."

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"The environmental movement has taught us humility and respect for the integrity of nonhuman nature. We need a similar humility concerning our human nature. If we do not develop it soon, we may unwittingly invite the transhumanists to deface humanity with their genetic bulldozers and psychotropic shopping malls."

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Author**: Margaret Somerville

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Subject**: A response to the immortality vs. humanity debate with regards to the current state of the transhumanist movement

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Occasion**: The realization that the transhumanist movement will soon have a direct effect on the average human being, and the desire to issue a warning before this takes place

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Audience**: Anyone who is interesting in

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Purpose**: To clarify the beliefs of the anti-transhumanist regarding the reasons for which transhumanism is immoral

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Speaker**: Margaret Somerville, a Catholic ethicist and professor

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tone**: argumentative, opinionated

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Quotes**: “Transhumanists know that many of their ideas frighten people and have taken steps to reduce this fear. For example, "in 2008, as part of a rebranding effort, the World Transhumanist Association changed its name to 'Humanity+' in order to project a more humane image.”

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"Life-prolongation will open up the possibility of having three "middle generations" competing to be in charge. We have no experience of such a system. And what if we were immortal and didn't move on so those coming after us could have their chance?"