Pragmatist Ethics for a Technological Culture

by Michiel Korthals

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402009879
• ISBN13: 9781402009877
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.7"