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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wade, Rowland, author.

Rowland Wade

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Chicago : Intellect, [2019]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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 explores the subject through today's political, economic and environmental conundrums. The collection presents a strong argument against postmodern moral relativism and the idea that only science can claim a body of reliable fact; challenges currently fashionable notions of the perfectibility of human individuals - and even the human species - through technology; and argues for the validity of common sense. In guiding the reader through Enlightenment-era rationalist thought as it pertained to human nature and the foundations of morality, Rowland provides a coherent, intellectually sound and intuitively appealing alternative to the nihilistic views popularised by contemporary radical relativism. Morality by Design ultimately seeks to convince readers that there is such a thing as moral fact, and that they do indeed have what it takes to make robust and durable moral judgments.

Contents:

Morality by design : technology's challenge to human values

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789381245

178938124X

9781789381252

1789381258