John Messerly, PhD, (born 1955) is an American philosopher who has held academic positions at St. Louis University and the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a scholar of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, and a member of the Evolution, Complexity, and Cognition Group located at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Work Messerly specializes in contemporary views of the meaning of life, and philosophical issues related to transhumanism. His work has appeared in such media outlets as Salon, the online magazine of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, , and others. Books * Philosophical Ethics: Theory and Practice (Puget Sound Publishing, 2015) * The Meaning of Life: Religious, Philosophical, Transhumanist, and Scientific Perspectives(Darwin & Hume, 2013); (Korean translation South Korea: Imprima Korean Agency, 2014.) * Piaget’s Conception of Evolution : Beyond Darwin and Lamarck. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-8243-9. (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996) * An Introduction to Ethical Theories (University Press of America, 1995)
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