Can Human enhancement technologies morally enhance humans? An African Perspective

That the core of our humanity can be enhanced and edited innately by biotechnological and scientific innovations presupposes that the human being is essentially a biological, scientific, and technological creation. The bio-techno-scientific mode of being human no doubt enlivens transhumanist ideologies and other enthusiast about the possibilities of these innovations, as we all are inundated by a host of current and future projected technological developments which have defined and continue to redefine what it means to be human in diverse ways. This excitement however is not shared by the African traditional understanding of virtue, morality and what it means to be human. This paper highlights the ontological and normative perspective to being human within African tradition and argues that bio-moral enhancement has little to nothing to offer the African worldview, despite the acclaims it has garnered in current milleu.