The ethics of infinite impact. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Frodeman, Robert
• Is Part Of: Journal of responsible innovation. Volume 6:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Impact -- innovation -- transhumanism -- ethics; Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 174.96
• DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2018.1489172
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2329-9460

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Transhumanism, the research program devoted to increasing our physical and mental abilities and lengthening our lifespan, casts light on the term 'responsible innovation'. The goals of the transhumanists strike some as ludicrous, but the space between transhumanist pipedreams and the sober plans of the research community are essentially the same. This implies that talk of 'responsible innovation' is a cheat, for there is nothing responsible, or ethical, about a research culture whose goals are implicitly infinite.