THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSHUMANISM
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Francis Fukuyama, Transhumanism, Democracy, End of historyAbstract
The objective of this paper is to present the thesis of the Japanese-American philosopher and economist Francis Fukuyama, known as the “end of history”, to reflect on the central argument of this thesis that transhumanism represents a problem for democracy. Therefore, a conceptual analysis will be carried out, based on selected excerpts, of Fukuyama's works entitled The end of history and the last man, Our posthuman future and “Transhumanism”. According to Fukuyama, as the results of biotechnology increasingly allow humans to control their own evolution, they may also allow humans to alter their own nature. Thus, Fukuyama argues that a possible result of altering the human nature of some individuals could be radical inequality, which would put liberal democracy at risk. Based on Fukuyama's argument, we seek to reflect on the possible negative implications of transhumanism for democracy in general.
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