{"product_id":"technology-and-the-virtues-9780190905286","title":"Technology and the Virtues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that manage our most important relationships, ordinary objects that track, record, analyze and share every detail of our daily lives, and biomedical techniques with the potential to transform and enhance human minds and bodies to an unprecedented degree. Emerging technologies are reshaping our habits, practices, institutions, cultures and environments in increasingly rapid, complex and unpredictable ways that create profound risks and opportunities for human flourishing on a global scale. How can our future be protected in such challenging and uncertain conditions? How can we possibly improve the chances that the human family will not only live, but live well, into the 21st century and beyond?This book locates a key to that future in the distant past: specifically, in the philosophical traditions of virtue ethics developed by classical thinkers f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is an excellent contribution to moral philosophy, applied ethics and ethics of technology. In addition, I can imagine fruitful connections to other fields; e.g., to political philosophy and development economics, to discuss the roles of policies and institutions in enabling people to cultivate relevant virtues and extend relevant human capabilities, or to moral psychology or computer-human interaction, to empirically study the ways in which people may cultivate virtues in interaction with technologies. * Marc Steen, Journal of Moral Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003eVallor bursts virtue ethics into 21st century relevance with her technomoral analyses. This is a wonderfully written and engaging tour de force that leaves few technological stones unturned. You certainly don't need to be a philosopher to understand Vallor's persuasive account of how to lead the good life in a world littered with ever new techno-pitfalls. It is a must read for everyone involved in the creation and governance of new technology. * Noel Sharkey, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and of Public Engagement, University of Sheffield   *\u003cbr\u003eShannon Vallor's book, which she appropriately previewed at a conference in China, is an insightful effort to think virtue from both Western and Eastern traditions and bring it to bear in the techno-lifeworld. It cannot help but challenge all of us who live in this world to think more deeply about who we are and what we are doing. * Carl Mitcham, Renmin University of China   *\u003cbr\u003eTechnology and the Virtues is the first extended analysis of technology and ethics drawing on virtue theory. Vallor has made an extraordinary contribution to the philosophy of technology that will have long-lasting influence. The book has it all: current relevance, philosophical depth and rigor, sociotechnical understanding of technology, practical implications, and lucid and engaging prose. * Deborah G. Johnson, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Chair of Applied Ethics, University of Virginia   *\u003cbr\u003eWith insight, erudition, and dare I say wisdom, Shannon Vallor makes the classical virtue ethics of Confucius, Aristotle, and the Buddha a hot topic for this technological age. Creatively and convincingly she demonstrates that technomoral virtues are essential for navigating the contemporary landscape being shaped by social networks, robots, and biotechnologies.\" - Wendell Wallach, author of A Dangerous Master and Chair of the Technology and Ethics Study Group at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics\u003cbr\u003eHow to live well with emerging technologies that will radically change our lives is one of the main issues of contemporary moral theory. The book Technology and the Virtues by Shannon Vallor is a welcomed attempt to answer this question...the book is very interesting, as it highlights a number of differences in a debate that, while being global, shows how different, culturally determined discourses can be developed. * Metascience   *\u003cbr\u003eShannon Vallor makes a compelling argument for renewing the cultivation of the virtues in order to meet the challenges of our technological age...Vallor takes a comprehensive approach, addressing both theory and applications...The cumulative case is quite impressive. Vallor ranges over three widely diverse moral traditions from the ancient world, then connects their concerns with the intricacies of urgent contemporary problems...Students and scholars of both the virtues and technology will find a great deal to interest and stimulate them here. Moreover, Vallor's book captures the special blend of excitement and precariousness that is woven into our lives today by our use and reliance on constantly changing technology. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews   *\u003cbr\u003eTechnology and the Virtues is a valuable contribution to both virtue theory and philosophy of technology; those working at the intersection of these fields will need to take Vallor's work into account. At the same time, the book would work well in the classroom. Vallor leads her reader from the basics of virtue theory, through key virtue ethical traditions and new technosocial virtues, to compelling discussions of the application of virtue ethics * and technosocial virtuesto emerging technologies…As a starting point for investigating the application of virtue theory to technology, one would be hard-pressed to find a better option than this ambitious volume.Ethics   *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction:  Envisioning the Good Life in the 21st Century and Beyond                 Part I:  Foundations for a Technomoral Virtue Ethic Chapter One:  Virtue Ethics, Technology and Human Flourishing  Chapter Two: The Case for a Global Technomoral Virtue Ethic        Part II:  Cultivating the Technomoral Self: Classical Virtue Traditions as a Contemporary Guide        Chapter Three: The Practice of Moral Self-Cultivation in Classical Virtue Traditions  Chapter Four: Cultivating the Foundations of Technomoral Virtue  Chapter Five: Completing the Circle with Technomoral Wisdom            Chapter Six: Technomoral Wisdom for an Uncertain Future:  21st Century Virtues   Part III:  Meeting the Future with Technomoral Wisdom, Or How to Live Well with Emerging Technologies  Chapter Seven:  New Social Media and the Technomoral Virtues  Chapter Eight: Surveillance and the Examined Life: Cultivating the Technomoral Self in a Panoptic World  Chapter Nine: Robots at War and at Home: Preserving the Technomoral Virtues of Care and Courage  Chapter Ten: Knowing What to Wish For: Technomoral Wisdom and Human Enhancement Technology   Epilogue References","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017589621079,"sku":"9780190905286","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190905286.jpg?v=1750774043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technology-and-the-virtues-9780190905286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}