David Pearce

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This article is about David Pearce, UK Philosopher. For David Pearce, UK economist see Professor David Pearce.

David Pearce is a British philosopher who promotes the abolition of suffering in all sentient life.

Pearce's views are most prominently presented in The Hedonistic Imperative, a manifesto in which he outlines how technologies such as genetic engineering, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and neurosurgery could potentially eliminate all forms of unpleasant experience.

Pearce was co-founder (with Nick Bostrom) of the World Transhumanist Association as well as co-founder (with Pablo Stafforini, Sean Henderson, and Jaime Savage) and honorary president of the Abolitionist Society. He is currently the director of BLTC Research.

Bibliography

• Why Does Anything Exist?
• The Good Drug Guide
• Future Opioids
• The Post-Darwinian Transition
• The Hedonistic Imperative
• Abolitionism and Buddhism
• Smart Drugs 2 - A Review
• The Wired Society
• Cosmic Consciousness for Tough Minds
• Critique of Huxley's "Brave New World"
• Utopian Surgery : Early arguments against anaesthesia in surgery, dentistry and childbirth
• Aiming for An All Time High
• Utopian Pharmacology : Mental Health in the Third Millennium MDMA and Beyond

External link

• HedWeb - David Pearce's home pagees:David Pearce