Dear colleague, One of the issues in this transition is that the divide between humans and non-humans (nature, technology) will collapse and a new category of hybridity will emerge. If we take this hybridity as transhuman condition serious, it will reject any hierarchy I guess. there is still an anthropic principle, but this principle is no longer primarily human. see for inspiration our recent article.

I think people and robots will evaluate in different categories. Moral faith is an independent and free thinking characteristic. Robot technology can only be evaluated in a different way from the category in which it is present when it has its own responsibility. However, the moral existence and responsibility of the human will always continue. Today's robot technology cannot be compared.

Dear Doctor Anushia.

This topic is very interesting and is a very important matter, specially in the ethic field. By all means, it needs a more widely and deep discussion that comprehend the horizont that we call “humanism" in order to understand the “posthumanism" question. Nevertheless, is very important in fields like research that involves human beings and in topics like sports (for example, the Pistorius case).

Interesting rights angle raised in your question. Intraconnection important too, not so much a divide between human and other than human, we are already hybrids but this could get more recognition in future

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