The Ethics of Human Enhancement

October 30, 2012
London School of Economics

Old Theatre, Old Building
London
United Kingdom

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What are the risks and opportunities created by human enhancement technologies? Will they change our view of humanity by raising the bar of what is considered 'normal'? Will they ultimately enhance the experience of the few at the expense of the many?

Time: 6.30 – 8pm
 
Nick Bostrom, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and Director of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Anne Kerr, Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds

Chair: Kristina Musholt, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Deputy Director of the Forum for European Philosophy 

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