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The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit / Margaret Somerville.

By:

Somerville, Margaret A [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Massey lectures seriesPublisher: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2007Edition: Australian editionDescription: 276 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0522854044
9780522854046

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Contents:

Going on the ethical wallaby: searching for a shared ethics -- A poetry of ethics: creating a language of the ethical imagination -- Old nature, new science: respecting nature, the natural, and life -- From Homosapiens to Techno sapiens: protecting the essence of being human -- Past virtues for a future world : holding our humanness on trust.

Summary: Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world and how we find meaning in life.

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"This book comprises the 2006 Massey Lectures, "The Ethical Imagination," broadcast in November 2006 ..." -- Prelim. p.

"Published by arrangement with House of Anansi Press, Toronto, Canada" -- T.p. verso.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world and how we find meaning in life.

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