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''The book I didn''t know I''d been waiting for - a fascinating trip through time and space, likening the uncanniness of A.I. not to science fiction but to religious mysteries and the near-humanness of animals. . . erudite and original'' Larissa MacFarquhar


How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe

We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?

In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of So

Animals Robots Gods

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1/29/2024
      ISBN-13 9780241613207
      978-0241613207
      ISBN-10 0241613205
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      Politics, Philosophy & Society Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The book I didn''t know I''d been waiting for - a fascinating trip through time and space, likening the uncanniness of A.I. not to science fiction but to religious mysteries and the near-humanness of animals. . . erudite and original'' Larissa MacFarquhar


      How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe

      We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?

      In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of So

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