Transhumanism, metaphysics, and the posthuman god.

J Med Philos

Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.

Published: December 2010

After describing Heidegger's critique of metaphysics as ontotheology, I unpack the metaphysical assumptions of several transhumanist philosophers. I claim that they deploy an ontology of power and that they also deploy a kind of theology, as Heidegger meant it. I also describe the way in which this metaphysics begets its own politics and ethics. In order to transcend the human condition, they must transgress the human.

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