The great reversal how we let technology take control of the planet /

Tabachnick, David.

The great reversal how we let technology take control of the planet / David Edward Tabachnick. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013). - 1 online resource (ix, 183 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Finding and enforcing limits -- Phronesis vs. Techne -- The decline of good judgment -- The rise of technical knowledge -- Reponses to the the great reversal -- Virtue in a technological age.

As the rise of technology threatens our very humanity, Tabachnick emphasizes that we still may have time to recover and develop these capacities --



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Technology and civilization.
Technology--Philosophy.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
Virtue.


Electronic Books.

CB478 / .G743 2013