Science, virtue, and the future of humanity / / Peter Augustine Lawler and Marc D. Guerra

• Autore: Lawler Peter Augustine
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/720973
• Soggetto topico: Bioethics; Technology - Moral and ethical aspects; Education - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Moral conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): GuerraMarc D.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index ; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science, virtue, and the future of humanity
• ISBN: 0-7391-8650-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818559403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II