Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics
| AUTHOR | Enriquez, Juan |
| PUBLISHER | MIT Press (10/13/2020) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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From the TED stage to the page, Juan Enriquez, author of As the Future Catches You and Evolving Ourselves, presents a lively and engaging guide to ethics in a technological age. Most people have a strong sense of right and wrong, and many of us are not reluctant to argue with someone who disagrees. But when we take an unyielding stand on something we regard as an eternal truth, we forget that ethics evolve over time. What was once broadly acceptable is now completely unacceptable. For example, burning heretics is no longer considered a just punishment. Child marriage is not applauded as a family value. Many shifts in the right vs. wrong pendulum are affected by advances in technology. In Right/Wrong, Juan Enriquez reflects on the evolution of ethics in a technological age.
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ISBN-13:
9780262044424
ISBN-10:
0262044420
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
304
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 1.30 x 8.50 inches
Weight:
1.00 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects
Technology & Engineering | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Technology & Engineering | Business Ethics
Dewey Decimal:
170
Library of Congress Control Number:
2020002963
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From the TED stage to the page, Juan Enriquez, author of As the Future Catches You and Evolving Ourselves, presents a lively and engaging guide to ethics in a technological age. Most people have a strong sense of right and wrong, and many of us are not reluctant to argue with someone who disagrees. But when we take an unyielding stand on something we regard as an eternal truth, we forget that ethics evolve over time. What was once broadly acceptable is now completely unacceptable. For example, burning heretics is no longer considered a just punishment. Child marriage is not applauded as a family value. Many shifts in the right vs. wrong pendulum are affected by advances in technology. In Right/Wrong, Juan Enriquez reflects on the evolution of ethics in a technological age.
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Author:
Enriquez, Juan
Juan Enriquez is the director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School, where he is building an interdisciplinary center focusing on how business will change as a result of the life sciences revolution. His article in "Harvard Business Review," "Transforming Life, Transforming Business," received a McKinsey Award, which recognizes the best articles published each year in "HBR," Juan Enriquez has also published articles in "Foreign Policy," "Science," and "Trends in Biotechnology" and written op-eds for the "New York Times," "Los Angeles Times," "Philadelphia Inquirer," and "Boston Globe," Earlier in his career he was the CEO of Mexico City's Urban Development Corporation and an outspoken advocate of the need to reform Mexico's economic and political structure.
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