Morality in a technological world

knowledge as duty

Hardcover, 304 pages

English language

Published July 21, 2007 by Cambridge University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-521-87769-5
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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 can not be applied to new technology. He proposes an entirely new ethical approach, one that blends epistemology with cognitive science. The resulting moral strategy promises new dignity for overlooked populations, both of today and of the future.

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Subjects

  • Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • Ethics, Modern -- 21st century