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Future Morality by David Edmonds – 2021 Hardcover Edition-image

Future Morality by David Edmonds – 2021 Hardcover Edition

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Format: Hardcover Synopsis: These are questions, like many raised in Future Morality, that we now or may soon have to answer. In provocative and engaging pieces on issues surrounding health and medicine, personal relationships, policing, the environment, artificial intelligence, and many more, philosophers tackle the ethical challenges of the future. Book jacket., The world is changing so fast that it's hard to know how to think about what we ought to do. We barely have time to reflect on how scientific advances will affect our lives before they're upon us. New kinds of dilemma are springing up. Can robots be held responsible for their actions? Will artificial intelligence be able to predict criminal activity? Is the future gender-fluid? Should we strive to become post-human? Should we use drugs to improve our intimate relationships -- or to reduce crime? Our intuitions about questions like these are often both weak and confused. David Edmonds has put together a philosophical task force to get to grips with these challenges. Twenty-nine philosophers present provocative and engaging pieces about aspects of life today, and life tomorrow -- birth and death, health and medicine, brain and body, personal relationships, wrongdoing and justice, the internet, animals, and the environment. The future won't look the same when you've finished this book., The world is changing at such speed that it's hard to know how to think about the new kinds of dilemma that are springing up: Can robots be held responsible for their actions? Can science predict crime - and prevent it? Is the future gender-fluid? David Edmonds has put together a philosophical task force to get to grips with challenges like these. Item Length: 8 in Dewey Edition: 23 Topic: Sociology / General, General LCCN: 2021-942732 Language: English Table Of Content: Future People1. Visions2. The Unborn3. FoodFuture Lives4. Gender5. Friendship6. Video GamesFuture Machines7. Predictive Policing8. AI and Medicine9. Robots, Justice, and Retribution10. Decision-Making11. Diverless VehiclesFuture Communication12. Privacy13. Future Persuasion14. Fake NewsFuture Bodies15. Mind-Reading16. Love Drugs17. Crime Drugs18. Artificial Wombs19. Immunity20. Gene Editing21. Deep-Brain StimulationFuture Death22. Who's Dead?23. Cryonics24. Post-Humans Number of Pages: 288 Pages Item Weight: 17.6 Oz Item Height: 1 in brand: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Book Title: Future Morality ISBN-10: 0198862083 Reviews: "Overall, contributors scrutinize the technology that has led to individual well-being and scientific/political progress while compromising privacy, highlighting the need for increased transparency and accountability. They persuasively argue that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, SUNY Delhi, CHOICE "Edmunds persuasively argues that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, CHOICE "Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions., "Overall, contributors scrutinize the technology that has led to individual well-being and scientific/political progress while compromising privacy, highlighting the need for increased transparency and accountability. They persuasively argue that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, SUNY Delhi, CHOICE"Edmunds persuasively argues that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, CHOICE"Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement"Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest"Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America"In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "Edmunds persuasively argues that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, CHOICE "Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest "Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America "In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly, "Overall, contributors scrutinize the technology that has led to individual well-being and scientific/political progress while compromising privacy, highlighting the need for increased transparency and accountability. They persuasively argue that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, SUNY Delhi, CHOICE"Edmunds persuasively argues that the future is about predictability and that the sooner emerging options are identified, the better. This book is a must read." -- B. A. D'Anna, CHOICE"Future Morality, edited by David Edmonds, brings together twenty-nine crack ethicists (the promotional materials refer to them as a "philosophical task-force") to tackle novel ethical challenges - the moral problems of the future. . . . Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better introduction to a range of contemporary moral problems." -- Simone Gubler, Times Literary Supplement"Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest"Overall, there is a lot to like in this book... The prose is readable and refreshingly jargon-free... and provides information one wouldn't necessarily come across in general-interest publications." -- Antoinette LaFarge, Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America"In this wide-ranging anthology, philosopher Edmonds... brings together some of the brightest minds in philosophy and ethics to discuss the future... This comprehensive overview of looming ethical issues goes a long way toward equipping readers with the tools to work out their own answers to sticky questions." -- Publisher's Weekly"I would recommend this book to any academic library serving philosophy, medicine, or science departments. The individual essays would make excellent additions to a course pack for professors teaching in those areas, and the wide variety of those essays ensures that any patrons researching ethics in future studies would find something useful. Public libraries would also likely find this to be a worthwhile purchase, as the topics are eye-catching and thought-provoking, and the authors have done an excellent job of keeping their writing accessible throughout." -- Michelle Terriss, Journal of Information Ethics LC Classification Number: HM831 Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Item Width: 5.4 in Author: David. Edmonds Intended Audience: Trade gtin13: 9780198862086 ISBN-13: 9780198862086 Publication Year: 2021 Genre: Philosophy, Social Science Dewey Decimal: 170

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  1. This book is a thought-provoking dive into ethical dilemmas shaped by technology and AI. Edmonds presents complex ideas in an engaging way, making it accessible without oversimplifying. The hardcover feels premium, and the content sparks deep reflection on how we’ll navigate morality in an evolving world. A must-read for anyone curious about ethics and the future!

    Jeff McFarlane

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