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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Do you have a link to the work you have been doing?
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>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. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>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. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I consider this action to be a "humane
act of awareness/consciousness/kindness to other people" rather than a
"moral obligation". </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531534913-09102010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>N</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial>Natasha Vita-More</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>ablainey@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 08, 2010 1:35
PM<BR><B>To:</B> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI]
Transhumanist Declaration<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">By coincidence I happened across
it just the other night and it is so long I have seen it that i'd forgotten it
existed.</FONT><BR>It got me thinking about whether the work I have been doing
for the disabled with mind controlled electronics is transhuman or not. For one
point of view (and quite callous) it can be seen as raising the subhuman
(horrible term) to a more human level. But from another I think it is
transhuman.<BR><BR>The implications and possibilities of the technology are
obviously very transhuman.<BR><BR>What say you all? Under the declaration do we
have a moral obligation to improve the standard of life for those who are less
fortunate before we reach for our own immortality? Personally I think we do, but
then I don't really see them as mutually exclusive. <BR></DIV>
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Message-----<BR>From: Natasha Vita-More <natasha@natasha.cc><BR>To: 'ExI
chat list' <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR>Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 4:30
pm<BR>Subject: [ExI] Transhumanist Declaration<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=593002915-08102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Does anyone have a
copy of the original declaration and who authored it? (There were a dozen
or so of us who wrote it). All references to it have been pulled from the
website. I have this in my files, but it will take me a day or so to find
it. If anyone has it right off hand, that would be
great.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=593002915-08102010><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593002915-08102010><FONT size=2
face=Arial>N</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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