Future morality / edited by David Edmonds.

Contributor(s):

Edmonds, David

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0198862083
9780198862086

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

170 23

LOC classification:

BJ1031 .F88 2021

Contents:

1. Future versus Present Morality / Hazem Zohny -- 2. How Should We Value the Health of Future People? / Bridget Williams -- 3. Can Alt-Meat Alter the World? / Anne Barnhill and Ruth R. Faden -- Future Lives -- 4. Abolishing Gender / Brian D. Earp -- 5. The Future of Friendship / Rebecca Roache -- 6. Avatars / Erica L. Neely -- Future Machines -- 7. Predictive Policing / Seumas Miller -- 8. AI in Medicine / Angeliki Kerasidou and Xaroula (Charalampia) Kerasidou -- 9. Robots and the Future of Retribution / John Danaher -- 10. AI and Decision-Making / Jess Whittlestone -- 11. The Future Car / David Edmonds -- Future Communication -- 12. The Future of Privacy / Carissa Véliz -- 13. Persuasive Technology / James Williams -- 14. Conspiracy Theories? / Steve Clarke -- Future Bodies -- 15. Mind-reading and Morality / Stephen Rainey -- 16. Love Drugs / Julian Savulescu -- 17. Technology to Prevent Criminal Behavior / Gabriel De Marco and Thomas Douglas -- 18. Artificial Wombs / Dominic Wilkinson and Lydia Di Stefano -- 19. Genetic Immunisation / Tess Johnson and Alberto Giubilini -- 20. Genome Editing in Livestock / Katrien Devolder -- 21. Brain Stimulation and Identity / Jonathan Pugh -- Future Death -- 22. What Is Death? / Mackenzie Graham -- 23. Should We Freeze Our Bodies for Future Resuscitation? / Francesca Minerva -- 24. Posthumans / Anders Sandberg.

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	BJ1031 .F88 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001507796

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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