Special Issue on Technoethics: Human Extension and Identity

摘要

In this issue we explore Technoself in terms of three progressively enveloping approaches to the evolution of human identity as a result of technological inclusion. In the first instance, the technology impacting identity is in the form of neuroenhancing drugs, the second case involves cognitive engineering between human and environment, while the third approach considers human cognitive extension as high-tech cyborgs. Following this, we explore cases of technological inclusion that indirectly shape human identity by changing our environment and how we navigate it. To this end we focus on human values about virtual reality, smart meters, and other smart technologies that are shaping our human identity by altering our environment and public spaces.