Will Life Be Worth Living in a World Without Work? Technological Unemployment and the Meaning of Life.
Suppose we are about to enter an era of increasing technological unemployment. What implications does this have for society? Two distinct ethical/social issues would seem to arise. The first is one of distributive justice: how will the (presumed) efficiency gains from automated labour be distributed...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 41 - 65 |
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