Abstract
This article begins with a brief interrogation of the meanings of moral and virtue. Next, an intersectional Christian theo-ethical lens focusing on humans as divine image-bearers is used to generate critical insights regarding the influence of extreme individualism on approaches to moral bioenhancement. This alternative lens emphasizes the interdependence of life, and the contextual character of moral dispositions. The questions of what it means to be creatures bearing the imago dei and making moral choices, is at the center of this exploration. The author concludes that while there may be justifiable exceptions, for now moral bioenhancements are unwarranted. Moral improvement will be better achieved through more effective educational strategies, and possibly spiritual enhancements, that are geared toward appreciation for the interdependence of all life.
Highlights
Introduction and Preliminary ConsiderationsEnhancement technologies are being developed and applied to several domains of human being: the physical, the affective, the cognitive, the spiritual, and the moral
Ethical issues related to the development and use of moral bioenhancements must be probed from several perspectives
I suggest that the second approach to enhancement ethics which centers on choice, from a theological perspective, must be shaped by implications of the imago dei
Summary
Enhancement technologies are being developed and applied to several domains of human being: the physical, the affective, the cognitive, the spiritual, and the moral. “the further [one is] from the norm, the greater the marginalization This marginalization, is not additive, but rather social categories of gender, race, class, and other forms of difference interact with and shape one another within interconnected systems of oppression. These systems of oppression—sexism, racism, colonialism, classism, ableism, nativism, and ageism—work within social institutions such as education, work, religion, and the family...to structure our experiences and relationships in such a way that we participate in reproducing dominance and subordination without even realizing it” (Kim and Shaw 2017). Moral improvement will be better achieved through more effective educational strategies, and possibly spiritual enhancements, that are geared toward appreciation for the interdependence of all life
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