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Transhumanist Virtue Ethics: Desirable Innate Preferences Determined by Reason

June 7, 2019June 6, 2019 / Thomas Harper / 1 Comment

Natural rights don’t exist, except in the human mind. They are a way for a social species to maintain social cohesion. But, as useful as natural rights may be in deciding how to organize society, they are not fundamental; instead, they are derivative of what humans, in general, desire.

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