Morality in a technological world : knowledge as duty
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Morality in a technological world : knowledge as duty
Cambridge University Press, 2009, c2007
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index
"This digitally printed version 2009" -- T.p. verso
"Paperback re-issue" -- Back cover
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The technological advances of contemporary society have outpaced our moral understanding of the problems that they create. How will we deal with profound ecological changes, human cloning, hybrid people, and eroding cyberprivacy, just to name a few issues? In this book, Lorenzo Magnani argues that existing moral constructs often cannot be applied to new technology. He proposes an entirely different ethical approach, one that blends epistemology with cognitive science. The resulting moral strategy promises renewed dignity for overlooked populations, both of today and of the future.
Table of Contents
- 1. Respecting people as things
- 2. Treating people as means
- 3. Hybrid people, hybrid selves
- 4. Knowledge as duty
- 5. Freedom and responsibility
- 6. Creating ethics
- 7. Inferring reasons.
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