When I began to look at ethics more seriously I discovered another
benefit of philosophy: by having a bit of structure in your thinking
about what things are valuable and why and how to deal with such
issues, you can argue much more convincingly in favor of
transhumanism. Most criticsm against transhumanism is deep down about
ethics and values, but most people haven't even articulated their own
values. So when you present how your views link together into a rather
self-consistent whole, you gain a tremendous advantage in the
discussion. The goal might not be to "win" the discussion, but just
showing that transhumanism has more than just randomly accepted ideas
makes people take notice.
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