The Ultimate Enhancement of Morality

Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for The Ultimate Enhancement of Morality -- Contents -- Part I Morality and Happiness, Psychopathy and Utilitarianism -- 1 Morality: Innate, Universal? -- Reference -- 2 Morality: Origin and Future -- Reference -- 3 Free Will and Moral Bioenhancement as a Compulsory Means of Avoiding "Ultimate Harm" -- References -- 4 Past and Present of Happiness and Morality -- References -- 5 The Future of Happiness and Morality, Psychopathy and Utilitarianism -- 5.1 The Future of Happiness and Morality -- 5.2 Psychopathy -- 5.3 Utilitarianism and Its Redefinition as the Maximization of Median Happiness -- References -- 6 The Morality of a Global State, the Existence of Morally Superior Beings and "Special Suicide"-Brief Conceptual Explanations -- 6.1 The Morality of a Global State -- 6.2 The Existence of Morally Superior Beings -- 6.3 Introducing Special Suicide -- Part II Evil and Good -- 7 Evil -- 7.1 Deprivation of the Greatest Good -- 7.2 Deprivation of Lesser Goods -- 7.3 Is "Evil" Always Evil?: Sexual Adultery, Prostitution, Sugaring, Paraphilias -- 7.4 The Evil Minding of Others' Business: Reality TV as a Platform for Mass Gossip that Is Morally Inferior to Pornography -- References -- 8 Good 1 -- 8.1 Empathy -- 8.2 Justice, Rertribution -- 8.3 Evolutionary Morality-Did It Make Us Good or Evil? -- 8.4 Fortitude and Politics -- 8.5 Ethics and Politics-Science Might Make Politics More Moral -- References -- 9 Good 2 -- 9.1 Making Moral Enhancement Work -- 9.2 A Morally Superior Posthuman Species Guided by Ultimate Morality -- 9.3 Conceptual Clarifications -- 9.4 Ultimate Morality and the Human Emancipation from the Survival-at-Any-Cost Bias -- 9.4.1 Inductive Argument-Probability -- 9.4.2 Deductive Argument-Proof.

This book deals with good, evil, happiness and morally enhanced post-humans. It offers a succinct historical elaboration of philosophical stances towards morality and happiness, focusing on Kant's ideas in particular. Human augmented ethical maturity in a futuristic version of Kant' Ethical Commonwealth implies, among else, the following features: 1. Voluntary Moral Bio-Enhancement (VMBE); 2. Consequently, more happiness-- as morality and happiness are in a circularly supportive relationship; 3. Ultimate Morality (UM). In feature 2, deontological practice would result in a utilitarian outcome. By fulfilling our moral duties based on UM, we would gradually create a world of post-humans who approach moral and thus felicific perfection. UM is in its own way a universal morality. In line with the contention that Kant's vision of the (not immediate but more distant) future of humanity is one of a cosmopolitan moral order in which humans act virtuously in the broadest possible community, that is, humanity, it is justified to conclude that successful VMBE is conducive to Kant's vision. Therefore, this book is of great interest to a broad audience, such as those interested in VMBE and novel conceptions of morality, and those with an interest in the historical development of morality and happiness, in philosophy (specifically, ethics) and in post-humanity