Transhumanism and Disability

This chapter examines the transhumanist approach to disability focusing on its defining feature: human enhancement. The study of what underlies the philosophy of enhancement allows to connect original humanism (lying at the foundations of modern human rights theory) with the transhumanist discourse. Both humanists and transhumanists, but particularly transhumanists, understand human nature in a way that discriminates against persons with disabilities. Diversity-based humanism comes in response to this, allowing to address the role of emerging technologies vis-à-vis disability.