Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture From Posthuman Back to Human

Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values, and offers a framework for how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waters, Brent (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ashgate science and religion series.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35602375*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The philosophical background of the emerging technoculture
  • George Grant: illuminating the darkness as darkness
  • Hannah Arendt: mortality and natality
  • Albert Borgmann: devices and desires
  • Confession: admitting the darkness as darkness
  • Repentance: the renewing possibilities of second births
  • Amendment of life: desiring the good
  • The translucent self in an age of transparency: parasitic self-fulfillment
  • Creation into nothing: nihilistic power
  • Dissembling the other: consuming predation.
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