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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy of engineering and technology,
v.12 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6025-7 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 218 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789400760257 (electronic bk.) 9400760256 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | T14 |
| CLC: | N02 |
| Contents: |
Descriptive Anthropology of Vulnerability -- The Transhumanist Challenge -- Anthropology of Vulnerability -- Cultures and Transformations of Vulnerability -- Normative Anthropology of Vulnerability -- Ethics of Vulnerability (i): Implications for Ethics of Technology -- Ethics of Vulnerability (ii): Imagining the Posthuman Future -- Ethics of Vulnerability (iii): Vulnerability in the Information Age -- Politics of Vulnerability: Freedom, Justice, and the Public/Private Distinction -- Normative Aesthetics of Vulnerability: The Art of Coping with Vulnerability -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Heel and the Arrow. |