James Hughes (sociologist)
James Hughes | |
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Univ. of Chicago), B.A. (Oberlin College) | |
| Known for | Work in Sociology, Executive Director at Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) |
| Notable work | Wrote Citizen Cyborg |
| Spouse | Monica Bock |
| Website | http://ieet.org |
James J. Hughes (born May 27, 1961) is an American
moral bioenhancement tentatively titled Cyborg Buddha: Using Neurotechnology to Become Better People.[4]
Biography
Hughes holds a doctorate in sociology from the
Buddhist monk in 1984 while working as a volunteer in Sri Lanka for the development organization Sarvodaya from 1983 to 1985.[citation needed
]
Hughes served as executive director of the
public affairs radio talk show program Changesurfer Radio and contributed to the Cyborg Democracy blog.[6][7] Hughes' book Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future was published by Westview Press in November 2004.[3]
Before working at UMass Boston, he lectured at Northwestern University, the University of Connecticut, and Trinity College.[2]
Rejecting
human enhancement technologies[9] are safe, made available to everyone, and respect the right of individuals to control their own bodies.[10]
Hughes sits on the academic advisory council of the Christian Transhumanist Association.[11]
Works
- "Embracing Change with All Four Arms: A Post-Humanist Defense of Genetic Engineering". Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 6(4), 94-101
- Hughes, James (2002). "Politics of Transhumanism". 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science
- Hughes, James (2002). "Democratic Transhumanism 2.0". Transhumanity blog
- Hughes, James (2002–2004). Changesurfing Archived Betterhumanscolumn
- Hughes, James (2004). Book: ISBN 0-8133-4198-1
- A collection of interviews and presentations at Science, Technology & the Future.[12]
- ISBN 9783319511641
- Up and coming book: Cyborg Buddha: Using Neurotechnology to Become Better People.[4]
See also
- Cryonics
- Transhumanism § Socioeconomic effects
- Gattaca § Critical response
- Human exceptionalism
- Nanosocialism
- Nick Bostrom
- Reprogenetics
- Techno-progressivism
- Techno-utopia
- Techno-utopianism
- Technogaianism
- Viridian design movement
- Wisdom of repugnance
References
- ^ "James Hughes". ieet.org. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ a b "Who We Are - Applied Ethics Center - UMass Boston". www.umb.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ ISBN 0-8133-4198-1.
- ^ a b "IEET Cyborg Buddha Project". ieet.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ Sirius, R. U. (2005). "NeoFiles, Vol. 1, No. 9: Transhumanism's Left Hand Man". Archived from the original on October 15, 2004. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Changesurfer Radio with Dr. J". Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ^ "Cyborg Democracy".
- ^ "Overview of Biopolitics". ieet.org. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ "Cyborg Buddha: James Hughes on Transhuman Enlightenment". Future Thinkers Podcast. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ^ Hughes, James (2002). "Democratic Transhumanism 2.0". Retrieved 2006-08-11.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Academic Advisory Council". www.christiantranshumanism.org. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "Media series with James Hughes | Science, Technology & the Future". www.scifuture.org. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Hughes.
- Changesurfer Consulting, a web portal to James Hughes' projects
- Changesurfer Radio Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, "a weekly, syndicated public affairs radio show transmitting a sexy, high-tech vision of a radically democratic future"
- Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies: James Hughes
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