Technology and the virtues : a philosophical guide to a future worth wanting /

New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of virtue ethics can help us to cultivate the moral wisdom we need to live wisely and w...

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Main Author: Vallor, Shannon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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505 0 |a Cover; Technology and the Virtues; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Envisioning the Good Life in the 21st Century and Beyond; Part I: Foundations for a Technomoral Virtue Ethic; 1. Virtue Ethics, Technology, and Human Flourishing; 1.1. The Contemporary Renewal of Virtue Ethics; 1.2. Virtue Ethics and Philosophy of Technology; 2. The Case for a Global Technomoral Virtue Ethic; 2.1. Classical Virtue Traditions: Aristotelian, Confucian, and Buddhist Ethics; 2.2. The Shared Commitments of Virtue Traditions; 2.3. The Need for a Global Technomoral Virtue Ethic 
505 8 |a 6. Technomoral Wisdom for an Uncertain Future: 21st Century Virtues6.1. A Taxonomy of Technomoral Virtues; 6.2. Honesty: Respecting Truth; 6.3. Self-​Control: Becoming the Author of Our Desires; 6.4. Humility: Knowing What We Do Not Know; 6.5. Justice: Upholding Rightness; 6.6. Courage: Intelligent Fear and Hope; 6.7. Empathy: Compassionate Concern for Others; 6.8. Care: Loving Service to Others; 6.9. Civility: Making Common Cause; 6.10. Flexibility: Skillful Adaptation to Change; 6.11. Perspective: Holding on to the Moral Whole; 6.12 Magnanimity: Moral Leadership and Nobility of Spirit 
505 8 |a 6.13 Technomoral Wisdom: Unifying the Technomoral VirtuesPart III: Meeting the Future with Technomoral Wisdom, Or How To Live Well with Emerging Technologies; 7. New Social Media and the Technomoral Virtues; 7.1. New Social Media and the Good Life; 7.2. New Social Media and the Virtue of Self-​Control; 7.3. Media Multitasking, Moral Attention, and the Cultivation of Empathy; 7.4. New Social Media and Virtuous Self-​Regard: Humility, Honesty, and Perspective; 7.5. New Social Media, Civic Virtue, and the Spiral of Silence 
505 8 |a 7.6. Technomoral Wisdom and Leadership in a New Media Age: Looking Forward8. Surveillance and the Examined Life: Cultivating the Technomoral Self in a Panoptic World; 8.1. Virtue in the Panopticon: Challenging the New Cult of Transparency; 8.2. Technologies of the Examined Life; 8.3. 'Smart' Surveillance and the Quantified Self; 8.4. Surveillance and Moral 'Nudges'; 8.5. Flourishing with Emerging Surveillance Technologies; 9. Robots at War and at Home: Preserving the Technomoral Virtues of Care and Courage; 9.1. Robot Ethics as Virtue Ethics 
505 8 |a Part II: Cultivating the Technomoral Self: Classical Virtue Traditions as a Contemporary Guide3. The Practice of Moral Self-​Cultivation in Classical Virtue Traditions; 3.1. Learning from Other Virtue Traditions; 3.2. Cultivating the Technomoral Self; 3.3. Moral Habituation; 4. Cultivating the Foundations of Technomoral Virtue; 4.1. Relational Understanding; 4.2. Reflective Self-​Examination; 4.3. Intentional Self-​Direction of Moral Development; 5. Completing the Circle with Technomoral Wisdom; 5.1. Moral Attention; 5.2. Prudential Judgment; 5.3. Appropriate Extension of Moral Concern 
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