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Unpopular essays on technological progress

Title
Unpopular essays on technological progress / Nicholas Rescher.
Author
Rescher, Nicholas.
Publication
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1980.

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Description
x, 122 pages; 21 cm
Subject
  • Technology > Philosophy
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • Technology
  • philosophy
  • sciences (philosophy)
  • science (modern discipline)
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Technology > Philosophy
  • Fortschritt
  • Technik
  • Technischer Fortschritt
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Technologie
  • Vooruitgang
  • Technische vernieuwing
Genre/Form
Aufsatzsammlung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Technological progress and human happiness -- The environmental crisis and the quality of life -- The allocation of exotic medical lifesaving therapy -- Ethical issues regarding the delivery of health care -- Ideals, justice, and crime -- Economics versus moral philosophy : the Pareto principle as a case study -- Why save endangered species? -- Scientific progress and the "limits of growth."
ISBN
  • 0822934116
  • 9780822934110
LCCN
79021648
OCLC
  • ocm05447656
  • 5447656
  • SCSB-9598224
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library