02689nam 2200577 450 991081855940332120170918230144.00-7391-8650-7(CKB)3710000000540337(EBL)4206449(SSID)ssj0001592143(PQKBManifestationID)16288656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001592143(PQKBWorkID)14663095(PQKB)11018251(MiAaPQ)EBC4206449(EXLCZ)99371000000054033720160113h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience, virtue, and the future of humanity /Peter Augustine Lawler and Marc D. GuerraLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2522-9 0-7391-8649-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAbout the ContributorsThis 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.BioethicsTechnologyMoral and ethical aspectsEducationMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesMoral conditionsBioethics.TechnologyMoral and ethical aspects.EducationMoral and ethical aspects303.3/720973Lawler Peter Augustine968780Guerra Marc D.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818559403321Science, virtue, and the future of humanity3982735UNINA