Can we construct the superhuman?

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#BASEM2013British Association of Sport Exercise & Medicine

Can we construct the superhuman?

Can we construct the superhuman?

Can we construct the superhuman?

Can we construct the superhuman?

beyond human

Can we construct the superhuman?

enhancing evolutionmoral responsibility

Truth

Justice(the American way)

Can we construct the superhuman?

Visualization of the Mens 100m sprint from 1896-2012

Olympics New York Times,

Can we construct the superhuman?

Ageing as a disease

Health-extension

Well-being

Culture of body modification

Can we construct the superhuman?

a) Is it technically feasible?

b) Is it morally permissible?

a) Is it technically feasible?

Side effectsResearch on healthy subjects

Diminish biological diversity

Undermining evolution

b) Is it morally permissible?

Distorting social order

Creating injustice

Compromising doctor/patient relationship

Playing God

Global injustice

Increased medicalization Zero-sum game

Diminish role of merit

misconstrue ‘progress’ Utopian naivity

coercive

Human existence has been defined

by tampering with biology,

especially our biology, for better

or worse.Stelarc, Exra Ear, Ear on Arm, 2008

HUMANENHANCEMENT

CONTESTED

VALUE ACCEPTED

VALUE

TRANSHUMAN b)i) flight

ii) Teleportation

TRANSHUMAN a)super height

life-spanintelligencememory drugs

health-span

PGD (non-disease)

cosmetic surgery

leg lengtheninginnoculations

flouridizationof water

ritalin

What is the proper role of health enhancing technology ?Does this role change when it is utilized in specific practices such as sport? If so, in what ways?

Isn’t (sports) medicine always making us well for something? This may be include daily trials and tribulations, or the achievement of specific goals, which are in excess of reasonable functioning

We need a new set of ethical principles for an era of human

enhancement

We need a World Pro-Doping Agency to invest into better

human enhancements

Who are the superheroes of this new generation?

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