[ExI] TransDisabled [WAS:Transhumanist Declaration]

[ablainey at aol.com]

 Sorry no good links (Coming soon). 
Likewise I see it as an act of kindness, empathy and basic humanity and that was really what I meant by 'moral obligation'. I am trying to square up my own direction as I have real problems working on projects that might elevate the able bodied further above those with disability. Thinking about having superhuman senses, abilities and life span while others suffer to have 'normal' levels of the aforementioned makes my heart sink.
I hate most of the terminology relating to disabled people, even the term disabled seems derogatory. I fully agree we all have disabilities, I myself am colour blind, dyslexic, have arthritis, shot knees and a herniated disk and that's before the myriad of mental oddities ;o)

Just a crisis of conscience making me re-evaluate things.

A

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc>
To: 'ExI chat list' <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 15:05
Subject: Re: [ExI] Transhumanist Declaration


Do you have a link to the work you have been doing?  
 
People with disabilities are not subhuman, they are human.  We all have disabilities to some degree and unfortunately some people have them to a large degree.
 
I do not think we have a moral obligation to improve the disabilities of humans before a transhuman, posthuman or upload (TPU)obtains radical prolongevity.  Those with disabilities who are unable to make the distinction concerning enhancement ought to be protected by a right to have their disabilities cured to a human level and then they can make their own choices about TPU. I consider this action to be a "humane act of awareness/consciousness/kindness to other people" rather than a "moral obligation". 
 
best,
N
Natasha Vita-More
 


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