The debate about the ethics of human biotechnology or genetic engineering is one of the important cultural issues. This book presents an espousal of transhumani... » 

The debate about the ethics of human biotechnology or genetic engineering is one of the important cultural issues. This book presents an espousal of transhumanist philosophy and an attack on its critics, the 'Bio-Luddites'. It calls for a rejection of superstition and nihilism in favour of a belief in human progress through scientific rationality. «