Binding: Hardcover
Description: Human Flourishing in a Technological World addresses the question of human identity and flourishing in the light of recent technological advances. The chapters in Part I provide a philosophical - theological evaluation of changing major anthropological assumptions that have guided human self - understanding from antiquity to modernity: How did we move from a religious and mostly embodied anthropology of the person to the idea that we can upload human consciousness to computing platforms? How did we come to imagine that machines can actually be intelligent or even learn in human fashion? Moreover what metaphysical changes explain our mostly uncritical embrace of a technological determination of being and thus of how reality "works"? In Part II the focus turns to the practical implications of our changing understanding of what it means to be human. Covering some of the most pressing current concerns about human flourishing these chapters deal with the impact of technology on education healthcare disability leisure and the nature of work communication aging death and the nature of wisdom for human flourishing in light of evolutionary biology. The volume includes the text of a lecutre by virtual reality engineer and computer scientist Jaron Lanier and a discussion between Lanier and other contributors.
Title: Human Flourishing In A Technological World A Theological Perspective
Brand: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192844019
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 12/21/2023
Category: Theology