Projects
Campaign for the Rights of the Person
Transhumanism is, in part, a civil liberties movement with roots in the most fundamental demand of liberal democracy: sane, adult citizens have a right to control their own bodies and minds. Through the Campaign for the Rights of the Person we seek to engage the human rights community, legal scholars, reproductive rights activists, the transgendered community and advocates of public health approaches to illicit drugs in a campaign to deepen and radicalize the concept of human rights. In particular we believe that the right to technological self-determination should be protected by laws and treaties.
Campaign for Longer Better Lives
Transhumanists argue that twenty extra years of healthy life are just as valuable in someone’s second century as in their first. Through our Campaign for Longer, Better Lives we seek to make the case for longer healthier lives, addressing objections to life extension, from the alleged problem of overpopulation to the threat of ennui. We will be coordinating and seeking consultation with groups that promote more universal access to health care, and with senior citizens groups and organizations of the disabled to help them challenge ageist and ableist attitudes that discourage the full utilization of health technology.
Campaign for a Future Friendly Culture
The most common objections to a transhuman future come from science fiction, from Frankenstein to Brave New World. Through the Campaign for Future Friendly Culture program we seek to collect images of posthumanity and non-human intelligence, positive, negative and neutral, and engage culture critics, artists, writers, and filmmakers in exploring the lessons to be derived from these cultural expressions.
