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Vera Borrmann

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Reflections on Perspectives of Transhumanism, Buddhist Transhumanism, and Buddhist Modernism on the Self

Nanoethics October 21, 2023 Vera Borrmann 4 citations

Abstract A claim made by Buddhist or Buddhism-affine scholars such as Michael LaTorra and James Hughes is that transhumanism, neuroscience, and the teachings of Buddhism are compatible because they aim to alleviate suffering and pain and attain a stable state of happiness. This claim can be challenged. At first glance, the approach seems valid, because since the 1980s there have been dialogues...