The end of ethics in a technological society / Lawrence E. Schmidt with Scott Marratto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Lawrence, 1942- author.

Marratto, Scott L. (Scott Louis), 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technology.

Ethics, Modern--21st century.

Ethics, Modern.

Physical Description:

xv, 246 p.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, [Quebećbec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lawrence Schmidt and Scott Marratto challenge modern liberal ethics, arguing that there is no consistent ethical framework to deal with the long-range negative consequences of certain technological developments They examine established ethical approaches to such urgent contemporary concerns as environmental degradation, nuclear energy, high tech militarism, and fetal genetic testing, showing that the prevailing viewpoint valorizes autonomy above all other goods and considers technological advances as mere extensions of the range of human freedoms. Modern ethics thus fails to take into account the moral intuition that some possibilities in the realm of techno science simply ought not to be pursued. A comprehensive assessment of modern western society's commitment to technological progress, The End of Ethics in a Technological Society presents a convincing argument in favour of a post-liberal approach - one that rejects the ideology of progress, supports caution, and accepts limitation."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Technology, Religion, and Progress: The Beginning and the End of Optimism

Technology, Poverty, and Malnutrition: The End of Distributive Justice

Sustainable Sufficiency is Not Enough: The End of Environmental Ethics

Excursus on Nuclear Power: The End of Sustainable Sufficiency

Modern Weapons: The End of the Just War Theory

Reproductive Technologies: The End of Sexual Ethics

Excursus on Genetic Testing, Selective Abortion, and the New Eugenics

Technology and the End of Politics

Technology and the End of Ethics

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612865534

9780773578388

0773578382

9781282865532

1282865536

9780773574984

0773574980

OCLC:

1250003524