The End of Ethics in a Technological Society

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Lawrence E. Schmidt, Scott Marratto ISBN: 9780773578388
Publisher: MQUP Publication: February 6, 2008
Imprint: MQUP Language: English
Author: Lawrence E. Schmidt, Scott Marratto
ISBN: 9780773578388
Publisher: MQUP
Publication: February 6, 2008
Imprint: MQUP
Language: English

They examine established ethical approaches to such urgent contemporary concerns as environmental degradation, nuclear energy, high tech militarism, and fetal genetic testing, showing that the prevailing viewpoint valorizes autonomy above all other goods and considers technological advances as mere extensions of the range of human freedoms. Modern ethics thus fails to take into account the moral intuition that some possibilities in the realm of techno science simply ought not to be pursued.

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They examine established ethical approaches to such urgent contemporary concerns as environmental degradation, nuclear energy, high tech militarism, and fetal genetic testing, showing that the prevailing viewpoint valorizes autonomy above all other goods and considers technological advances as mere extensions of the range of human freedoms. Modern ethics thus fails to take into account the moral intuition that some possibilities in the realm of techno science simply ought not to be pursued.

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