Technology, Recommendation and Design: On Being a 'Paternalistic' Philosopher.
Philosophers have talked to each other about moral issues concerning technology, but few of them have talked about issues of technology and the good life, and even fewer have talked about technology and the good life with the public in the form of recommendation. In effect, recommendations for vario...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 27 - 43 |
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