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TTT winter 2016

december 7, 2016
WEDNESDAY
 6-7:30PM
Donner Lab auditorium, UC BERKELEY

Transhumanism and the Mormon Faith

Lincoln Cannon

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Lincoln Cannon is a technologist and philosopher, and leading advocate of technological evolution and postsecular religion.

For over a decade, Lincoln has written and presented on topics at the intersection of technology and philosophy, with emphasis on Mormonism and Transhumanism. He believes technology always presents both risks and opportunities. And he envisions the ethical use of technology empowering humanity to attain unprecedented global degrees of vitality, intelligence, cooperation, and creativity.

He is a founder, board member, and former president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, the world's largest advocacy network for ethical use of technology and religion to extend human abilities. He is a founder and board member of the Christian Transhumanist Association. He also formulated the New God Argument, a logical argument for faith in God that is popular among religious Transhumanists.

Respondent: Levi Checketts

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Levi Checketts is an adjunct professor at Holy Names University. He received his MTS from Boston College studying Moral Theology, and he is currently completing his PhD at GTU in Ethics. Levi has strong interests in ethics, but also in Mormon theology. He has written a paper discussing the theological differences between Nicene Creed Christians and LAtter-Day Saints regarding the nature of God and Trinity.

​Location: Donner Laboratorium Auditorium at UC Berkeley

The  meeting will be held at the auditorium of the Donner Lab Building at the UC Berkeley campus. Click here for campus map.  The building is locked in the evening, but the auditorium is right by the entrance door, so if you knock, we can hear you and open the door for you.

Street parking along Hearst Ave. should not be difficult in the evening. For on-campus parking, click here for UC Berkeley parking website.

Participants are welcome to join us for dinner at the Faculty Club after the meeting at your own expense.

Please RSVP by emailing amgouw@lbl.gov so that we can make a reservation at the Faculty Club.
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Papers to be discussed

Cannon Mormon Transhumanism
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Peters Transhumanism
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Optional/Reference Papers

Hughes What is Transhumanism
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