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Wisdom in the technosphere

Michel Puech

pp. 331-344

Abstract

The opportunities for human flourishing and the threats of human dereliction involved in contemporary technology require a new "software" in philosophy. The technological revolution runs across cultural boundaries. This chapter invites a pragmatic and pluralistic turn in philosophy and ethics for addressing the new global technosphere. The ancient and non-western notion of "wisdom" gives new momentum to this research and leads to specific methods and elements in virtue ethics and care ethics that can be harnessed for delineating a constructive ethics of technology. The morally disruptive environment of the technosphere is construed as a sapiential challenge.

Publication details

Published in:

Loeve Sacha, Guchet Xavier, Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette (2018) French philosophy of technology: classical readings and contemporary approaches. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 331-344

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_20

Full citation:

Puech Michel (2018) „Wisdom in the technosphere“, In: S. Loeve, X. Guchet & B. Bensaude-Vincent (eds.), French philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer, 331–344.