What Is Transhumanism

The basis of this research is to explore and identify the critical role that the American media plays in shaping the Transhumanism view of bioengineered prosthetics in the United States. The idea behind this topic is focused on the idea of Transhumanism, and how the American public views the philosophy. Transhumanism is defined in a plethora of ways, and throughout the research, it became clear that the philosophies of Max More were going to be the basic guidelines to help define it. According to More, Transhumanism is defined as, “Philosophies of life that seek the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human limitations by means of science and technology, guided by life-promoting
I believe that the media will portray a larger amount of positive stories on the enhancements in the human body that prosthetics have on people and that in turn will influence the American public to view prosthetics in a positive perspective. It would be great to see the dichotomy formed in the American public by the media, such as the moral values of enhancing the human body in two distinct groups; one group may be for enhancing the human body, and another group may be against human enhancement due to religious beliefs or dangers that the media may portray or reinforce. I also would like to explore the government’s Transhumanism view on prosthetics and how the media portrays their stories since the American governments greatly influences the citizens of the United States. A different perspective I would also like to investigate would be the religious media outlets as well as religious media stories and their take on bioengineered devices such as Axelina Erikson’s piece from BioMed Central titled, “Bioengineered Products May Conflict with Religious Patient’s