Outline of Transhumanism - Transhumanist Currents

Transhumanist Currents

• Abolitionism – ethical ideology based upon a perceived obligation to use technology to eliminate involuntary suffering in all sentient life.
• Democratic transhumanism – political ideology synthesizing liberal democracy, social democracy, radical democracy and transhumanism.
• Extropianism – early school of transhumanist thought characterized by a set of principles advocating a proactive approach to human evolution.
• Immortalism – moral ideology based upon the belief that technological immortality is possible and desirable, and advocating research and development to ensure its realization.
• Libertarian transhumanism – political ideology synthesizing libertarianism and transhumanism.
• Postgenderism – social philosophy which seeks the voluntary elimination of gender in the human species through the application of advanced biotechnology and assisted reproductive technologies.
• Singularitarianism – moral ideology based upon the belief that a technological singularity is possible, and advocating deliberate action to affect it and ensure its safety.
• Technogaianism – ecological ideology based upon the belief that emerging technologies can help restore Earth's environment, and that developing safe, clean, alternative technology should therefore be an important goal of environmentalists.