Martine Rothblatt

This title was first published in 2003. Xenotransplantation - the transplantation of animal organs into humans - poses a fascinating moral dilemma. Should this ability to extend the lives of millions of older people be permitted given that it might trigger a new pandemic similar to AIDS? This study examines the moral dilemma from a combination of humanistic, legalistic, bioethical, economical and technological perspectives. The first part of the book demonstrates that xenografts are the only realistic near-term technological answer to the organ shortage problem. The balance of the book is devoted to assessing whether doctrines such as the 'right to health care' trump the moral and ethical conundrums posed by xenotransplantation. The book concludes with a 'geoethical' solution that proposes authorization of xenotransplantation subject to the prior implementation of a new international organization for epidemiology and basic health care. It also suggests that the costs of operating such an organization could be covered by a global tax on xenografts.

A Manifesto On the Freedom Of Form The Newly Titled and Expanded Second Edition of The Apartheid of Sex

A groundbreaking and compelling book that gives readers an in-depth understanding of the most thought-provoking and important technological innovation of the twenty-first centuryEvery day, social media is automatically uploading our thoughts, memories, preferences, beliefs, and history to a virtual existence, essentially creating a "mindfile" of ourselves. Thousands of software engineers across the globe are working on "mindware" to create from these mindfile personalities and humanlike consciousness in computer software, or cyberconsciousness. In the next decade or two, these efforts will result in the first digital copies of our identities, which will be our "mindclones."In Virtually Human, Martine Rothblatt shares her insights into how cyberconsciousness will manifest in our lives, and what we need to consider when a new, high-tech population of mindclones awakens to the rights, privileges, and obligations humans take for granted.Virtually Human conveys a profound understanding of how close we are to achieving a full simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology in clear, positive language, and raises numerous ethical and moral questions we absolutely need to address now, before the technology becomes commercially viable and accessible to all of us. Virtually Human will be the essential companion book to the future of mankind.

Rothblatt makes a case for the adoption of a new sexual model that accommodates every shade of gender identity. She reveals that traditional male and female roles are dictated neither by genetics, genitals, nor reproductive biology, but rather by social attitudes that originated in early patriarchal cultures and that have been institutionalized in modern law, and she calls a new acceptance of human sexuality in all its prismatic variety. 10 charts.

Every conceivable objection to merging Israel and Palestine into the United States is identified and debunked using clear logic, historical precedent, and current statistics. This bold new strategy is also shown to be essential to removing the kindling wood of terrorism from Middle East politics.This book is the natural successor to The Jewish State, Theodore Herzl's hundred-year old booklet that created Zionism. Two Stars for Peace persuasively demonstrates that "two-state" solutions, such as the current Middle East Roadmap, are doomed to failure, as is unbridled Zionism. However, there is a "two-star" solution that is consistent with the true spirit of Zionism, as well as with complete satisfaction of Palestinian aspirations. America is asked to rise to one of its greatest challenges by welcoming Two Stars for Peace.

How will we handle baby-making and pregnancy in the next 5, 25 and 75 years? New reproductive technology, genetic screening and DNA-mapping have changed the 20th-century rules. In this revolutionary manifesto, Martine Rothblatt proposes a code of ethics to guide childbirth decisions in the brave new world of biotechnology.

The issue of xenotransplantation is the subject of this monograph. The author demonstrates that problems regarding the introduction of zoonoses into the human gene pool can be overcome. The book also considers costs, and the perception by some that using animals to keep dying humans alive is inherently cruel.

L’apartheid des sexes entretient ses répressions, ses souffrances et sabote le potentiel de la créativité humaine. Il nous prive de cette potentialité du continuum de l’identité sexuelle dont nous jouissons dès la naissance et nous force à nous fondre dans un moule masculin ou féminin. Des millénaires d’oppression féminine et de frustration masculine, le génocide des femmes et les guerres sont l’héritage de cet apartheid des sexes. Notre société basée sur un système d’une stricte dualité des sexes est obsolète.Dans le futur, classifier les personnes en genre « masculin » ou « féminin » dès la naissance sera considéré comme aussi injuste que la pratique sud-africaine, maintenant abolie, qui consistait à apposer un tampon « blanc » ou « noir » sur les cartes d’identité. L’apartheid des sexes est aussi douloureux, pénible et oppressif que l’apartheid des races.Martine Rothblatt propose de remplacer cette vision binaire du sexe masculin/féminin par une vision multidimensionnelle, plus adaptée à la réalité du troisième millénaire. Les arguments qu’elle expose ici sont le fruit d’études et de recherches sur les plans biologique, sociologique et juridique. Sa vision libératrice et porteuse d’espoir est un pas vers l’abolition des discriminations très fortes qui existent encore de nos jours sur Terre.Un livre à vivre !

This title was first published in 2003. Xenotransplantation - the transplantation of animal organs into humans - poses a fascinating moral dilemma. Should this ability to extend the lives of millions of older people be permitted given that it might trigger a new pandemic similar to AIDS? This study examines the moral dilemma from a combination of humanistic, legalistic, bioethical, economical and technological perspectives. The first part of the book demonstrates that xenografts are the only realistic near-term technological answer to the organ shortage problem. The balance of the book is devoted to assessing whether doctrines such as the 'right to health care' trump the moral and ethical conundrums posed by xenotransplantation. The book concludes with a 'geoethical' solution that proposes authorization of xenotransplantation subject to the prior implementation of a new international organization for epidemiology and basic health care. It also suggests that the costs of operating such an organization could be covered by a global tax on xenografts.

Geoethics is a moral philosophy for the management of technology that transcends geography. Geoethics declares that life proceeds most successfully when any material impingements due to technology are first shaped in advance by the consent of those involved, and subsequently monitored independently to ensure adherence to such consent. Geoethics is a scientific philosophy because its principles are based upon observations of empirical reality and are disprovable. Geoethics is also a prescriptive philosophy because it tells society how to best organize itself.The superiority of geoethics as an operational philosophy is measured in a Darwinian, utilitarian fashion – that which becomes most prevalent in (sustainable) joy is most successful. The success speaks for itself, as is the case with evolution. It is not that other philosophies don’t work; they just won’t work as well for as long as geoethics.Geoethics has discerned that the social formula for success is to balance diversity with unity in a quest for ever more durable joy. This formula is implemented automatically by encouraging the autonomy of innovators (diversity) subject to the consent of those likely to be impacted by their innovations (unity). Geoethics discourages the destructive, dysfunctional consequences of oppression, while also motivating the outward expansion of disruptive technologies into virgin domains. Geoethics encourages the optimizing of technologies to meet diverse needs, without suffocating technology out of irrational or selfish fears. Geoethics encodes Alfred North Whitehead’s observation that “the art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.”Geoethics is a natural philosophy enabling humanity to simultaneously respect the individuality of their singular connectomes and the collectivity of their joined fate in common spaces. It is a philosophy of transcendence because it is at once both singular and plural; it provides a boundary within which the bordered interests of the one and the bounded interests of the many – even all – are simultaneously satisfied at a level of greater joy. Geoethics is dynamic because it describes a vector of socio-technological interaction that has no endpoint short of enduring joy for all.Geoethics is a master narrative, a world model, for modernity and technology. We have built it together over the millennia, and we now live it each day. We are here to show initiative with transcendence, to celebrate our individuality, and we understand that happens best when we work in unity, limiting our impact upon others to the scope of their consent. Objective third parties, even with the help of AIs, are needed to parse what kinds of impacts require what kinds of consent, and to ensure those consents are viably respected over time. It is our purpose to create ever more diversity, and the need for unity is a platform and a launching pad to disperse ever deeper into the universal geography surrounding us.

The first child born in the new millennium grows up experiencing an AI and biotech-based battle between a global social movement and shadowy government agencies. The antagonists fight over competing geopolitical visions while deploying mindware, mindclones and prions to achieve their goals.