Morality in a Technological World: Knowledge as DutyThe 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 cannot be applied to new technology. He proposes an entirely different ethical approach, one that blends epistemology with cognitive science. The resulting moral strategy promises renewed dignity for overlooked populations, both of today and of the future. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 15 |
Section 4 | 30 |
Section 5 | 45 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 53 |
Section 8 | 69 |
Section 19 | 133 |
Section 20 | 147 |
Section 21 | 152 |
Section 22 | 157 |
Section 23 | 162 |
Section 24 | 166 |
Section 25 | 175 |
Section 26 | 176 |
Section 9 | 72 |
Section 10 | 80 |
Section 11 | 81 |
Section 12 | 83 |
Section 13 | 93 |
Section 14 | 94 |
Section 15 | 102 |
Section 16 | 111 |
Section 17 | 128 |
Section 18 | 130 |
Section 27 | 179 |
Section 28 | 189 |
Section 29 | 191 |
Section 30 | 215 |
Section 31 | 225 |
Section 32 | 226 |
Section 33 | 228 |
Section 34 | 232 |
Section 35 | 233 |
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abductive reasoning action agent animals artifacts artificial artificial intelligence aspects bad faith become behavior believe biological biotechnology brain capital punishment casuistry choices cloning cognitive cognitive science coherence compatibilism concept conscious consequences considered contend create creative cultural cyborgs decision destinies diagnostic reasoning direction of fit ecological ecotage effect embryos emotions entities epistemic mediators epistemological ethical deliberation ethical knowledge ethical reasoning ethics of care example explanatory external things fact freedom genetic global human cloning human dignity hybrid hypotheses Ibid idea illustrated important inconsistent individual inference internal intrinsic value involved issues Kant Kantian kind knowledge as duty logical Magnani manipulative abduction model-based reasoning models moral knowledge moral mediators moral reasoning natural nonhuman ourselves Peirce person perspective philosophical possible previous chapter principles rational relationships representations reproduction respect responsibility result role scientific situations social templates Thagard
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