bioconservatism

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ conservatism

Noun

bioconservatism (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2010, Adam Briggle, A Rich Bioethics:

     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).

   • 2011, C. A. Bowers, Let Them Eat Data:

     Rather than assuming that experimentation with the conceptual and moral foundations of culture is essential to social progress, cultural bioconservatism is oriented toward conserving and renewing traditions that have proven over time to contribute to a community of morally reciprocal relationships and to the viability of local ecosystems.

   • 2018, Matthew E. Gladden, Sapient Circuits and Digitalized Flesh:

     Typical bioconservatism does not focus on the psychological, phenomenological, or ontological consequences of posthumanization for the individual posthumanized being.

See also

• transhumanism
• posthumanism