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Society, ethics, and technology / Morton E. Winston, Ralph D. Edelbach [editors].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0534520855
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/3 22
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Part I: Perspectives on Technological Society 21 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES I.1 Jared Diamond, The Great Leap Forward 22 1.2 David Landes, The Invention of Invention 33 1.3 Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Industrial Society and Technological Systems 43 1.4 Rosalind Williams, History as Technological Change 60 SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES 1.5 Corlann Gee Bush, Women and the Assessment of echnology 69 1.6 Richard Sclove, Pd Hammer Out Freedom: Technoogy as Politics and Culture 83 1.7 Langdon Winner, Artifacts/​Ideas and Political Cul ure 91 1.8 Andrew Feenberg, Democratic Rationalization 97 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1.9 Ian Barbour, Philosophy and Human Values 112 I.10 Hans Jonas, Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New Task of Ethics 19 I.11 Freeman Dyson, Technology and Social Justice 130 1.12 David Strong, Technological Subversion 140 Part II: Contemporary Technology and the Future 153 GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMICS, AND HU4iAN RIGHTS II.1 Thomas Friedman, The New System 154 11.2 Jeffrey Sachs, International Economics: Unlock ng the Mysteries of Globalization 162 11.3 Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization 169 II.4 International Forum on Globalization, What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization? 182 11.5 United Nations, Globalization and Its Impact n the Full Enjoyment ofAll Human Rights 196 COMPUTERS, ROBOTICS, AND INFORMAT ON TECHNOLOGY 11.6 Hans Moravec, Universal Robots 207 11.7 Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us 216 11.8 Ray Kurzweil, Promise and Peril 233 11.9 Max More, Embrace, Don't Relinquish, the Future 238 II.10 Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt, BigerMonsr, Weaker Chains 244 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING II.11 Lee M. Silver, A Glimpse of Things to Come 258 11.12 Leon Kass, Preventing a Brave New World 264 II.13 Michael J. Sandel, The Case against Perfection 276 II.14 Claire Hope Cummings, Trespass 287 1.15 Mark Sagoff, Genetic Engineering and the Concept of the Natural 300 POPULATION, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT II.16 Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy ofthe Commons 309 11.17 Kevin E. Trenberth, Stronger Evidence ofHumanl Influence on Climate-The 2001 IPCCAssessment 319 11.18 Janet Sawin, Charting a New Energy Future 328 II.19 Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken, A Road Map for Natural Capitalism 357 11.20 Robert W. Kates, The Nexus and the Neem Tree 370.
Summary: The third edition of "Society, Ethics, and Technology" brings together a selection of thirty-two readings in which leading authors explore the historical, social, and philosophical dimensions of technology. Major attention is devoted to contemporary topic areas such as computers, robotics, information technology, biotechnology, and energy and the environment. New readings highlight current debates concerning: transhumanism, genetic enhancement, genetically modified foods, human cloning, surveillance technologies, energy alternatives.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-393).

Machine derived contents note: Part I: Perspectives on Technological Society 21 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES I.1 Jared Diamond, The Great Leap Forward 22 1.2 David Landes, The Invention of Invention 33 1.3 Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Industrial Society and Technological Systems 43 1.4 Rosalind Williams, History as Technological Change 60 SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES 1.5 Corlann Gee Bush, Women and the Assessment of echnology 69 1.6 Richard Sclove, Pd Hammer Out Freedom: Technoogy as Politics and Culture 83 1.7 Langdon Winner, Artifacts/​Ideas and Political Cul ure 91 1.8 Andrew Feenberg, Democratic Rationalization 97 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1.9 Ian Barbour, Philosophy and Human Values 112 I.10 Hans Jonas, Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New Task of Ethics 19 I.11 Freeman Dyson, Technology and Social Justice 130 1.12 David Strong, Technological Subversion 140 Part II: Contemporary Technology and the Future 153 GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMICS, AND HU4iAN RIGHTS II.1 Thomas Friedman, The New System 154 11.2 Jeffrey Sachs, International Economics: Unlock ng the Mysteries of Globalization 162 11.3 Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization 169 II.4 International Forum on Globalization, What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization? 182 11.5 United Nations, Globalization and Its Impact n the Full Enjoyment ofAll Human Rights 196 COMPUTERS, ROBOTICS, AND INFORMAT ON TECHNOLOGY 11.6 Hans Moravec, Universal Robots 207 11.7 Bill Joy, Why the Future Doesn't Need Us 216 11.8 Ray Kurzweil, Promise and Peril 233 11.9 Max More, Embrace, Don't Relinquish, the Future 238 II.10 Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt, BigerMonsr, Weaker Chains 244 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING II.11 Lee M. Silver, A Glimpse of Things to Come 258 11.12 Leon Kass, Preventing a Brave New World 264 II.13 Michael J. Sandel, The Case against Perfection 276 II.14 Claire Hope Cummings, Trespass 287 1.15 Mark Sagoff, Genetic Engineering and the Concept of the Natural 300 POPULATION, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT II.16 Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy ofthe Commons 309 11.17 Kevin E. Trenberth, Stronger Evidence ofHumanl Influence on Climate-The 2001 IPCCAssessment 319 11.18 Janet Sawin, Charting a New Energy Future 328 II.19 Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken, A Road Map for Natural Capitalism 357 11.20 Robert W. Kates, The Nexus and the Neem Tree 370.

The third edition of "Society, Ethics, and Technology" brings together a selection of thirty-two readings in which leading authors explore the historical, social, and philosophical dimensions of technology. Major attention is devoted to contemporary topic areas such as computers, robotics, information technology, biotechnology, and energy and the environment. New readings highlight current debates concerning: transhumanism, genetic enhancement, genetically modified foods, human cloning, surveillance technologies, energy alternatives.

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