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100 1 _aLawler, Peter Augustine.
245 1 0 _aScience, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bLexington Books/Fortress Academic,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (222 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aThis 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEducation - Moral and ethical aspects - United States.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aGuerra, Marc D.
700 1 _aBailey, Ronald.
700 1 _aCapretta, James C.
700 1 _aCharles, J. Daryl.
700 1 _aDeneen, Patrick J.
700 1 _aEnglish, William.
700 1 _aHippen, Benjamin.
700 1 _aKeiper, Adam.
700 1 _aRobert P. Kraynak, Robert P.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLawler, Peter Augustine
_tScience, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity
_dBlue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic,c2015
_z9780739186497
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4206449
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