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bioconservatism

noun

Etymology

From bio- + conservatism.

  1. derived from cōnservāre
  2. prefixed as bioconservatism — “bio + conservatism”

Definitions

  1. A stance of skepticism regarding radical technological changes that challenge traditional…

    A stance of skepticism regarding radical technological changes that challenge traditional notions of what it means to be human, including human uniqueness, physiological and genetic determinism, etc.

    • But the charge of bioconservatism greatly misrepresents the nature and underestimates the profundity of Kass's philosophical position within the constellation of reflection that has come to be known as "bioethics" (see Vogel 2006).
    • Typical bioconservatism does not focus on the psychological, phenomenological, or ontological consequences of posthumanization for the individual posthumanized being.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA