Morality in a technological world : knowledge as duty / Lorenzo Magnani.

  • Magnani, Lorenzo.
Date:
2007
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Physical description

xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.

Contents

Respecting people as things: environment -- Treating people as means: cloning -- Hybrid people, hybrid selves: artifacts, consciousness, free will -- Knowledge as duty: cyberprivacy -- Freedom and responsibility: bad faith -- Creating ethics: good reasons and good arguments -- Inferring reasons: practical reasoning, abduction, moral mediators.

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    Medical Collection
    BJ59 2007M34m
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780521877695
  • 0521877695