Human Being @ Risk Enhancement, Technology, and the Evaluation of Vulnerability Transformations

“Coeckelbergh is a Belgian philosopher of technology and professor at the University of Vienna. In this interesting book, he proposes a new approach to the transhumanism debate by focusing on human vulnerability. … the book offers a new approach to the transhumanist debate, suggesting and provoking many inputs and questions … . it reminds us of the necessity and urgency of dealing with the transhumanist question, which is not only a future question, but a current one.” (Luis Torró Ferrero, ESSSAT News & Reviews, Vol. 26 (4), December, 2016)

“It is thoroughly unique and original in showing the importance and extreme usefulness of philosophical anthropology and the phenomenological tradition for thinking through the consequences of the epochal technological mutations of our time … . author has succeeded in crafting a muchmore profound and sophisticated ethical and political perspective on human enhancement than almost any other book … . It deserves to be widely read and has the potential of becoming a key reference for the debate on enhancement.” (Pieter Lemmens, Human Studies, Vol. 37, 2014)

“The book offers a complex and ambitious programme to establish a normative anthropology of vulnerability … . Coeckelbergh has written an important and original book, with a carefully constructed argument. He provides a rich discussion of fundamental and topical issues from a wide range of perspectives. … The book is valuable for scholars in many fields, not only philosophy of technology, anthropology or ethics, but also other disciplines dealing with technology and regulation of technology.” (Bert-Jaap Koops, Law, Innovation and Technology, Vol. 5 (2), 2013)