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Technology Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code

Release on 2009-09-28 | by Dennis R. Cooley

In this book, D.R. Cooley, associate professor of philosophy and ethics at North Dakota State University, shows that a pragmatic solution to this problem is to develop a practical moral code that can be used to evaluate any technological ...

Author: Dennis R. Cooley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048130212
Category: Philosophy
Page: 271
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Technology Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code

Most philosophers still like to feel that they have a special subject matter, well insulated from anything that the social scientists, and scientists in general, have to tell them. That is not healthy for philosophy; and it is all too likely to lead to an ethics that continues, as of old, to plead for its ultimates-the fact that one is totally ineffectual being decently concealed by an impressive terminology. (Stevenson 1963, pp. 114–5) Many so-called moral theories do not even attempt to explain or justify common morality but are used to generate guides to conduct intended to replace common morality. These p- posed moral guides, those generated by all of the standard consequentialist, contractarian, and deontological theories, are far simpler than the common moral system and sometimes yield totally unacceptable answers to moral problems. Since these philosophers who put forward these theories have usually dismissed common morality as confused, they are c- pletely unaware of the complexity involved in making moral decisions and judgments. It is not surprising that many who take morality seriously and try to apply it to real problems faced by actual people are so critical of moral theory. (Bernard Gert 1998, p. 6) As both Stevenson and Gert note, ethics requires social and other sciences for by its very nature, ethics is a practical enterprise.

Language: en
Pages: 271

Technology, Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code

Authors: Dennis R. Cooley

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-28 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Language: en
Pages: 256

The Ethics of Death

Authors: Lloyd Steffen, Dennis R. Cooley

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: Fortress Press

In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern

Language: en
Pages: 311

Death’s Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework

Authors: Dennis R. Cooley

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-22 - Publisher: Springer

This book brings together the relevant interdisciplinary and method elements needed to form a conceptual framework that is both pragmatic and rigorous. By using the best and often the latest, work in thanatology, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, physics, philosophy and ethics, it develops a framework for understanding both what death is

Language: en
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The Philosopher's Index

Authors: Dennis R. Cooley

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:

Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.

Language: en
Pages: 117

Eighth Day

Authors: Eduardo Kac

Categories: Art

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Inst for Studies in the Arts

"This volume provides an excellent introduction to the controversial topic of "transgenic art." Using Eduardo Kac's recent installation The Eighth Day as a starting point ..."--P. [4] de la couv.