Science, virtue, and the future of humanity / edited by Peter Augustine Lawler and Marc D. Guerra.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lawler, Peter Augustine (Editor)
Guerra, Marc D., 1967- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
United States > Moral conditions.
Bioethics.
Technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Education > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
United States > Social policy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Education > Moral and ethical aspects.
Moral conditions.
Social policy > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:vii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Observations on American liberty : my report from the front / Peter Augustine Lawler
  • Pensions and health care in an aging society / James C. Capretta
  • The demographic challenge to entitlements : a comment, criticism, and caveat / William English
  • An earned humility : reflections on professional obligations to the living kidney donor / Benjamin Hippen
  • The science of politics and the conquest of nature / Patrick J. Deneen
  • The problem with "friendly" artificial intelligence / Adam Keiper and Ari N. Schulman
  • The case for enhancing people / Ronald Bailey
  • Justice without foundations / Robert P. Kraynak
  • Blame it on my genotype (if not my criminal brain) : materialist metaphysics and the loss of human dignity / J. Daryl Charles
  • Libertarians vs. liberal learning / Peter Augustine Lawler
  • Machine morality and human responsibility / Charles T. Rubin
  • Tocqueville on technology / Benjamin Storey
  • The place of liberal education in contemporary higher education / Marc D. Guerra.