Kaasaegne teaduslik mõtlemine ja filosoofilised meetodid
- We judge actions by their consequences. No need for specific moral principles.
- The right action is what maximises happiness (makes as many people as happy as possible).
What is utility?
Is it better to be a happy pig than an unhappy philosopher?
How to evaluate consequences?
A Common Objection
Both are impartial (detached)
Toward Virtues
Technology and Society
Q1: To what extent society shapes technology?
Q2: To what extent technology shapes society?
Voltuntarism → Determinism
- Society freely creates and - Technology develops with its own
develops technology. autonomous logic.
- Dominant in discourses - Historical evidence: order of invention
and policies promoting multiple and simultaneous invention, etc.
innovation and creativity
Substantivism -
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