Future Morality
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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Future Morality
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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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198862086
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 12/20/2021
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 712,448
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Edmonds is Distinguished Research Fellow at Oxford University's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over a dozen books including the bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker (with John Eidinow), The Murder of Professor Schlick, Would You Kill The Fat Man?, and the children's book Undercover Robot (with Bertie Fraser). He is the host of Philosophy247 and Social Science Bites, and with Nigel Warburton he co-hosts Philosophy Bites (www.philosophybites.com), which has had over 42 million downloads worldwide.

Table of Contents

Future People1. Future versus Present Morality - Hazem Zohny2. How Should We Value the Health of Future People? - Bridget Williams3. Can Alt-Meat Alter the World? - Anne Barnhill and Ruth R. Faden
Future Lives4. Abolishing Gender - Brian D. Earp5. The Future of Friendship - Rebecca Roache6. Avatars - Erica L. Neely
Future Machines7. Predictive Policing - Seumas Miller8. AI in Medicine - Angeliki Kerasidou and Xaroula (Charalampia) Kerasidou9. Robots and the Future of Retribution - John Danaher10. AI and Decision-Making - Jess Whittlestone11. The Future Car - David Edmonds
Future Communication12. The Future of Privacy - Carissa Véliz13. Persuasive Technology - James Williams14. Conspiracy Theories? - Steve Clarke
Future Bodies15. Mind-reading and Morality - Stephen Rainey16. Love Drugs - Julian Savulescu17. Technology to Prevent Criminal Behavior - Gabriel De Marco and Thomas Douglas18. Artificial Wombs - Dominic Wilkinson and Lydia Di Stefano19. Genetic Immunisation - Tess Johnson and Alberto Giubilini20. Genome Editing in Livestock - Katrien Devolder21. Brain Stimulation and Identity - Jonathan Pugh
Future Death22. What Is Death? - Mackenzie Graham23. Should We Freeze Our Bodies for Future Resuscitation? - Francesca Minerva24. Posthumans - Anders Sandberg
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