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Science, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739186503
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science, Virtue, and the Future of HumanityDDC classification:
  • 303.3/720973
LOC classification:
  • BJ57
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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