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Technology, Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code
Dr. Dennis R. Cooley
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Description for Technology, Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code
Hardback. Ethical debate often lags far behind the development of new technology. This book sets out a practical moral code with wide-ranging applicability, designed to include moral principles and a hierarchical value theory based partly on the work of Kant and Mill. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LND; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Most philosophers still like to feel that they have a special subject matter, well insulated from anything that the social scientists, and scientists in general, have to tell them. That is not healthy for philosophy; and it is all too likely to lead to an ethics that continues, as of old, to plead for its ultimates-the fact that one is totally ineffectual being decently concealed by an impressive terminology. (Stevenson 1963, pp. 114–5) Many so-called moral theories do not even attempt to explain or justify common morality but are used to generate guides to conduct intended to replace common morality. ... Read more
Most philosophers still like to feel that they have a special subject matter, well insulated from anything that the social scientists, and scientists in general, have to tell them. That is not healthy for philosophy; and it is all too likely to lead to an ethics that continues, as of old, to plead for its ultimates-the fact that one is totally ineffectual being decently concealed by an impressive terminology. (Stevenson 1963, pp. 114–5) Many so-called moral theories do not even attempt to explain or justify common morality but are used to generate guides to conduct intended to replace common morality. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
Series
The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048130207
SKU
V9789048130207
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