title: Transhumanism, metaphysics, and the posthuman god.
abstract: After describing Heidegger's critique of metaphysics as ontotheology, I unpack the metaphysical assumptions of several transhumanist philosophers. I claim that they deploy an ontology of power and that they also deploy a kind of theology, as Heidegger meant it. I also describe the way in which this metaphysics begets its own politics and ethics. In order to transcend the human condition, they must transgress the human.
authors.affiliation: Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. jbisho12@slu.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D024803:Biomedical Enhancement / Q000941:ethics; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008678:Metaphysics; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012067:Religion