Technological Innovation and Natural Law
I discuss three tiers of technological innovation: mild innovation, or the acceleration by technology of a human activity aimed at a good; moderate innovation, or the obviation by technology of an activity aimed at a good; and radical innovation, or the altering by technology of the human condition...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Philosophia reformata
Year: 2020, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 138-156 |
RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science FA Theology NBE Anthropology NCJ Ethics of science VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Emerging Technology
B natural-law theory |
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Summary: | I discuss three tiers of technological innovation: mild innovation, or the acceleration by technology of a human activity aimed at a good; moderate innovation, or the obviation by technology of an activity aimed at a good; and radical innovation, or the altering by technology of the human condition so as to change what counts as a good. I argue that it is impossible to morally assess proposed innovations within any of these three tiers unless we rehabilitate a natural-law ethical framework. And I offer some moral starting points within such a framework, in connection with innovations of each of the three types. |
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ISSN: | 2352-8230 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophia reformata
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/23528230-8502A001 |