Episode 136 - Transhumanism - with Revd Dr Stephen Goundrey-Smith

In this episode of Still Unbelievable!, Matthew chats with an old friend about Transhumanism. Stephen and Matthew have known each other since they were in a church 18+ group more than 30 years ago.

Stephen trained as a pharmacist and then as a minister for the church if England and now combines them both in his work at Ripon College Cuddesdon. We raise several topics in this conversation, so please as always check the show notes for essential links. And if you have any thoughts Steve and Matthew are both happy to receive them, reasonpress@gmail.com.

1) Revd Dr Stephen Goundrey-Smith - items and books

https://www.rcc.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/revd-dr-stephen-goundrey-smith

https://www.ethicsandmedicine.com/ethical-evaluation-of-new-biomedical-technologies-using-past-case-studies-in-pharmaceutical-medicine/

https://amzn.eu/d/8lW8qvM

2) Transhumanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism

3) CRISPR

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR

4) Upload TV_series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upload_(TV_series)

5) Humanity +

https://www.humanityplus.org/

6) Co-creation spirituality

https://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/co-creation-spirituality

7) Brent Waters - Bioethicist

https://www.cbhd.org/people/brent-waters

https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/this-mortal-flesh/289601

8) Leon Cass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Kass

9) Michael Sandel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sandel

10) Anti-Natalism

https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-anti-natalism/

11) Lynn White - The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/historical-roots-our-ecological-crisis

12) The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

https://www.vhemt.org/

13) Alasdair MacIntyre - After Virtue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Virtue

14) Bernard WIlliams - The Makropulos case

https://www3.nd.edu/~pweithma/Readings/Williams/Williams%20on%20Immortality.pdf

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