Pragmatist Ethics for a Technological Culture (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)


Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character: old ways of reproducing ourselves, managing nature and keeping animals are continually replaced by new ones; norms and values with respect to our bodies, food production, health care and environmental protection are regularly being put up for discussion. This constantly confronts us with new moral problems and dilemmas. In discussion with other approaches this book argues that pragmatism, with its strong emphasis on the interaction between technology and values, gives us both procedural help and stresses the importance of living and cooperating together in tackling these problems and dilemmas. The issues in this book include the interaction of technology and ethics, the status of pragmatism, the concept of practice, and discourse ethics and deliberative democracy. It has an interactive design, with original contributions alternating with critical comments. The book is of interest for students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of bioethics, animal ethics, environmental ethics, pragmatist philosophy and science and technology studies.

R3,101

Or split into 4x interest-free payments of 25% on orders over R50
Learn more

Discovery Miles31010
Mobicred@R291pm x 12* Mobicred Info
Free Delivery
Delivery AdviceShips in 10 - 15 working days



Product Description

Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character: old ways of reproducing ourselves, managing nature and keeping animals are continually replaced by new ones; norms and values with respect to our bodies, food production, health care and environmental protection are regularly being put up for discussion. This constantly confronts us with new moral problems and dilemmas. In discussion with other approaches this book argues that pragmatism, with its strong emphasis on the interaction between technology and values, gives us both procedural help and stresses the importance of living and cooperating together in tackling these problems and dilemmas. The issues in this book include the interaction of technology and ethics, the status of pragmatism, the concept of practice, and discourse ethics and deliberative democracy. It has an interactive design, with original contributions alternating with critical comments. The book is of interest for students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of bioethics, animal ethics, environmental ethics, pragmatist philosophy and science and technology studies.

Customer Reviews

No reviews or ratings yet - be the first to create one!

Product Details

General

Imprint

Springer-Verlag New York

Country of origin

United States

Series

The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 3

Release date

2003

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

2002

Editors

, , ,

Dimensions

240 x 160 x 16mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

264

Edition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003

ISBN-13

978-1-4020-1115-3

Barcode

9781402011153

Categories

LSN

1-4020-1115-6



Trending On Loot