Morality by design : technology's challenge to human values / by Wade Rowland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowland, Wade, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral realism.

Physical Description:

vii, 117 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2019.

Summary:

The eleven short, linked essays in Morality by Design represent a culmination of two decades of research and writing on the topic of moral realism. Wade Rowland first introduces readers to the basic ideas of leading moral thinkers from Plato to Leibniz to Putnam, and then, he explores the subject through today's political, economic, and environmental conundrums.

Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title; Copyright; Title; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Idea of Science; Chapter 2: The Idea of Morality; Chapter 3: Biology and Good; Chapter 4: The Alchemy of Capitalism; Chapter 5: The Fabulous Free Market; Chapter 6: On a Treadmill to Happiness; Chapter 7: The Corporate Takeover; Chapter 8: The Tragedy of the Commons; Chapter 9: The Morality within Us; Chapter 10: Disenchantment; Chapter 11: The Ultimate Technology: Trans-Humanism and Post-Humanism; Postscript: Religion and Morality; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Rowland, Wade. Morality by design.

ISBN:

1789381231

9781789381238

OCLC:

1090185591