Science, virtue, and the future of humanity / Peter Augustine Lawler and Marc D. Guerra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawler, Peter Augustine, author.

Guerra, Marc D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics.

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technology.

Education--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Education.

United States--Moral conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an accessible and profound introduction to the key issues facing our country in our biotechnological age. Leading public intellectuals bring to bear a wide and deep learning on particular issues of public policy and discuss the relationship between technological and moral progress that takes place over the course of a human life.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Observations on American Liberty; 1 Pensions and Health Care in an Aging Society; 2 The Demographic Challenge to Entitlements; 3 An Earned Humility; 4 The Science of Politics and the Conquest of Nature; 5 The Problem with 'Friendly' Artificial Intelligence; 6 The Case for Enhancing People; 7 Justice without Foundations; 8 Blame It on My Genotype (if Not My Criminal Brain); 9 Libertarians vs. Liberal Learning; 10 Machine Morality and Human Responsibility; 11 Tocqueville on Technology; 12 The Place of Liberal Education in Higher Education; Index

About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32616-8

0-7391-8650-7