Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity

260 Pages·2010·4.481 MB·English

by  Richard Feist, Rajesh Shukla, Chantal Beauvais (eds.)

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Technology and the changing face of humanity / edited by Richard
Feist, Chantal Beauvais, and Rajesh Shukla.
(Philosophica, 1480-4670)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7766-0716-0
1. Technology--Social aspects.
2. Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
I. Feist, Richard, 1964- II. Beauvais Chantal, 1963-
III. Shukla, Rajesh, 1970- IV. Series: Collection Philosophica
T14.5.T385 2009 303.48’3 C2009-903941-9
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À Aubin Deckeyser, qui fut un phare de dignité,
de sagesse et de vérité au sein de notre communauté
philosophique. Tes pas déposés sur la berge de nos vies
ne seront pas effacés par les marées du temps.
To students registered in the Public Ethics program:
you give us so many reasons to be proud
of your ethical leadership.
chantal beauvais
To my parents, for their constant love
and affection over the years.
rajesh shukla
To Barbara, Henri and Puck.
richard feist

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ix
Introduction
Richard Feist, Chantal Beauvais, and Rajesh Shukla ............................1
Chapter I
Technology and the Body: A New or an Old Anthropology?
Carol Collier ...................................................................................22
Chapitre II
Foucault, la technologie et l’homme
Aubin Deckeyser ..............................................................................41
Chapter III
The Changing Faces of War and Humanity
Richard Feist ...................................................................................58
Chapter IV
Natural Disasters and Human Responsibilities
Thom Heyd ....................................................................................83
Chapter V
Intellectual Property, the IT Industry, and Market Freedoms
in the Global Arena
David Lea ......................................................................................94
Chapter VI
Moral Mediators in a Technological World
Lorenzo Magnani ..........................................................................112
Chapitre VII
L’historicité de la technologie comme historicité eschatologique
Louis Perron .................................................................................134
Chapter VIII
Persona Gratia: Integral Personalism, Democracy, and Maritain’s
Subjugation of Technique in Education
Walter Schultz ..............................................................................152
Chapter IX
Technology and the Remaking of Human Existence
Rajesh Shukla ...............................................................................176
Chapter X
Technology, Religion, and Human Destiny
William Sweet ..............................................................................192
Chapter XI
Philosophy of Gene-Being: A Prolegomenon
Greg Walters .................................................................................206
List of Contributors .......................................................................226
Index ..............................................................................................227