Bioconservatism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-03

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00:01:30 1 Philosophical arguments for bioconservatism
00:03:02 1.1 Michael Sandel's arguments
00:06:31 1.1.1 Humility
00:09:35 1.1.2 Responsibility
00:11:02 1.1.3 Solidarity
00:12:54 1.2 Leon Kass' arguments
00:16:49 1.2.1 The problematic attitude of biotechnological enhancement
00:18:36 1.2.2 'Unnatural' means of biotechnological enhancement
00:21:35 1.2.3 'Dubious' ends of biotechnological enhancement
00:23:53 1.3 Jürgen Habermas's arguments
00:24:40 1.3.1 Violation of ethical freedom
00:25:54 1.3.2 Asymmetrical relationships
00:29:05 2 Criticism
00:29:35 2.1 Nick Bostrom on posthuman dignity
00:36:04 2.1.1 Hans Jonas on reproductive freedom
00:37:02 3 Notable bioconservatives
00:37:36 4 See also



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Bioconservatism (a portmanteau of "biology" and "conservatism") is a stance of hesitancy and skepticism regarding radical technological advances, especially those that seek to modify or enhance the human condition. Bioconservatism is characterized by a belief that technological trends in today's society risk compromising human dignity, and by opposition to movements and technologies including transhumanism, human genetic modification, "strong" artificial intelligence, and the technological singularity. Many bioconservatives also oppose the use of technologies such as life extension and preimplantation genetic screening.
Bioconservatives range in political perspective from right-leaning religious and cultural conservatives to left-leaning environmentalists and technology critics. What unifies bioconservatives is skepticism about medical and other biotechnological transformations of the living world. Typically less sweeping as a critique of technological society than bioluddism, the bioconservative perspective is characterized by its defense of the natural, deployed as a moral category.