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'''Liberal transhumanism''' is the mainstream political transhumanist position that stands in opposition to [[fascist transhumanism]].
'''Liberal transhumanism''' is the mainstream political transhumanist position that stands in opposition to [[dystopian transhumanism]] in general and [[fascist transhumanism]] and [[oligarchic transhumanism]] more specifically.
Tenants include consensual use of technological enhancement by informed individuals as well as a non-authoritarian approach toward the application of technology in society.
Tenants include consensual use of technological enhancement by informed individuals as well as a non-authoritarian approach toward the application of technology in society. It is similar to the idea of how [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy liberal democracy] is distinct from a mere [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy representative democracy] which can become a tyranny of the majority.
Liberal transhumanism is a facet of [[libertarian transhumanism]] as well as [[technoprogressivism]], [[Democratic Transhumanism]] and [[Social Futurism|social futurism]].
== Sub variants ==
Liberal transhumanism is a facet of individualistic [[libertarian transhumanism]] as well as the more socially-oriented ideas of [[Democratic Transhumanism|democratic transhumanism]] and [[Social Futurism|social futurism]].
[[Anarcho-Transhumanism]]'s support for individual rights and freedoms places it within this idea.
== Religion ==
Liberal transhumanism is [[secular transhumanism|secular]], promoting freedom from state religion, whilst not being [[atheistic transhumanism|atheistic]] or [[religious transhumanism|religious]].
== Differences with conventional transhumanist definitions ==
Explicitly liberal transhumanism places the emphasis of voluntary use of technologies. As such a number of common transhumanist sentiments can be made into 'liberal transhumanist' sentiments though qualifying them in example ways:
{| class="wikitable"
! General transhumanist !! Liberal transhumanist qualification
|-
| We need to develop human enhancement technologies || for those who choose to be enhanced
|-
| We should live forever || or for as long as we want
|-
| Immortality is incredibly important for the individual || and having this option will be beneficial for even those who do not choose it
|}
== See also ==
* [[Live Forever, Die Whenever]]
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