LEADER 02944nam 2200529 450 001 9910788397703321 005 20230126211326.0 010 $a0-7618-6561-6 010 $a0-7618-6562-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000619975 035 $a(EBL)2065153 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001537957 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11890237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001537957 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11527538 035 $a(PQKB)10657870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2065153 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000619975 100 $a20150620h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHumanity at the crossroads $etechnological progress, spiritual evolution, and the dawn of the nuclear age /$fGarth J. Hallett 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cHamilton Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: Hallett, Garth J. Humanity at the crossroads : technological progress, spiritual evolution, and the dawn of the nuclear age. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015 x, 211 pages 9780761865612 2015930804 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Old Endings and New Beginnings; 1 The Turning Point; 2 The Hinge of Paradox; 3 Beyond the Turning Point; 4 Out of Division and Darkness; 5 Into Unity and Light; 6 The New World on the Horizon; 7 The Law of the Jungle and the Return to Eden; 8 How We Perceive the World; 9 When the Past Resists the Future; 10 Projections and Conclusions; II: Challenges along the Way; 11 Problems of Perception and the Transfer of Knowledge; 12 The Problem of Selfish Individualism; 13 The Problem of Accelerating Change; 14 Problems with the Commercial Culture 327 $a15 The Problem of the Larger Context16 The Issue of Collective Goods and "Bads"; 17 The Problem of Basic Need; 18 The Problem of Malignant Nationalism; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index 330 $aHumanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer questions regarding the effect of technological progress on our lives. This book concludes that the very technology which threatens to destroy us, not merely its more favorable offshoots, is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit. 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aFree will and determinism$xPhilosophy 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aFree will and determinism$xPhilosophy. 676 $a192.2093874 700 $aHallett$b Garth J.$01497348 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788397703321 996 $aHumanity at the crossroads$93722427 997 $aUNINA