Nick Acheson
March 26, 2010
[NICK ACHESON]
IN A CONTINUATION OF LECTURES ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND AMERICAN LIBERTY, CHARLES T. RUBIN, A PROFESSOR AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY GAVE A LECTURE FRIDAY AFTERNOON TITLED, “TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED HUMANITY: IS IT THE END OF LIBERTY, OR IS IT THE END OF LIBERTY?”
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[CG: CLIP OF PROFESSOR RUBIN DELIVERING HIS LECTURE]
THE LECTURE COVERED THE ETHICAL BARGAIN BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VS. AMERICAN LIBERTY.
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[CG: CLIP OF A UMAINE STUDENT ASKING RUBIN A QUESTION]
IT ALSO DESCRIBED A NEW MOVEMENT KNOWN AS THE TRANSHUMANIST MOVEMENT WHERE A SMALL BUT GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDESIGNING THE HUMANKIND TO BE HEALTHIER, SAFER, AND BETTER.
[Nick Acheson]
THIS NEW MOVEMENT HAS SPARKED HEAVY DEBATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND BEGS THE QUESTION: JUST BECAUSE WE CAN DO SOMETHING DOES THAT ME WE SHOULD?
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