Editing Techno-progressivism (section)

==Stance==
Techno-progressivism maintains that accounts of [[Progress (history)|progress]] should focus on [[Scientific consensus|scientific]] and [[Technological change|technical]] dimensions, as well as [[ethics of technology|ethical]] and [[technology and society|social]] ones. For most techno-progressive perspectives, then, the growth of scientific knowledge or the accumulation of technological powers will not represent the achievement of proper progress unless and until it is accompanied by a [[distributive justice|just distribution]] of the [[externality|costs, risks, and benefits]] of these new knowledges and capacities.  At the same time, for most techno-progressive [[social criticism|critic]]s and [[advocacy|advocates]], the achievement of [[participatory democracy|better democracy]], greater [[social justice|fairness]], less violence, and a wider [[civil libertarianism|rights culture]] are all desirable, but inadequate in themselves to confront the quandaries of contemporary technological societies unless and until they are accompanied by [[scientific progress|progress in science]] and technology to support and implement these values.<ref name="Carrico 2005"/>{{SPS|date=September 2022}}

Strong techno-progressive positions include support for the [[civil right]] of a [[person]] to either maintain or [[body modification|modify]] his or her own [[cognitive liberty|mind]] and [[morphological freedom|body]], on his or her own terms, through [[informed consent|informed, consensual]] recourse to, or refusal of, available therapeutic or enabling [[biomedical technology]].<ref name="Carrico 2006">{{cite web |last=Carrico |first=Dale |authorlink=Dale Carrico |title=The Politics of Morphological Freedom |date=2006 |url=http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2006/08/politics-of-morphological-freedom.html |access-date=2007-01-28}}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2016}}

During the November 2014 [[Humanity+|Transvision Conference]], many of the leading [[transhumanist]] organizations signed the Technoprogressive Declaration. The Declaration stated the values of technoprogressivism.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |title=Technoprogressive Declaration - Transvision 2014, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203004407/http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdec2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>