Presents a more realistic approach to understand the positive and negative issues that progress brings.
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Nicholas Agar is Reader in Philosophy at Victoria University. He has spent much of his academic career writing about ethical and philosophical issues that arise in connection with new technologies.
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Anbieter: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: New. In The Paradox of Progress, Nicholas Agar challenges the central claims of 'radical optimism': that technological progress will automatically make us happier and healthier. Using recent psychological studies about human well-being, he instead presents a more realistic approach to understand the positive and negative issues that progress brings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388. . 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9780198717058
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