ABSTRACT

Several philosophers have argued that human enhancements should be considered a potential solution to climate change. In this paper, I consider one such argument offered by S. Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, and Rebecca Roache. I argue that, while their argument is plausible, we have an even stronger reason to consider enhancements a potential solution. In particular, enhancements could align our interests with the promotion of a proper response to climate change: if enhancements were in our interest to adopt and also reduced the pernicious effects of climate change, then it would, indirectly, become in our interest to reduce those effects.

摘要

几位哲学家认为，人类的进步应该被视为应对气候变化的一种潜在解决方案。在本文中，我考虑了S. Matthew Liao，Anders Sandberg和Rebecca Roache提出的一个论点。我认为，尽管他们的论证是合理的，但我们有更充分的理由将增强功能视为潜在的解决方案。特别是，增强可以使我们的利益与促进对气候变化的适当对策保持一致：如果增强符合我们的利益，并且减少了气候变化的有害影响，那么减少气候变化将间接符合我们的利益。效果。