Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

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Edward H. Spence

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Rowman & Littlefield
15 March 2003

Ethics & moral philosophy

To what degree is technology in the form of products and processes capable of contributing human enhancement and wellbeing?

In cases where the impact of a technology on society is not only very negligible but overall negative and harmful, what is technology good for?

To answer these questions, Spence develops and applies a normative model based on rationalist and virtue ethics as well as stoic philosophy. Its primary purpose is to determine the essential conditions that any normative theory that seeks to assess the impact of technology on wellbeing must adequately address in order to be able to account for, explain and evaluate what contribution, if any, technology is capable of making to the attainment and enhancement of human wellbeing. Through developing this model, Spence offers a novel and important examination of the benefit of technology to our society as a whole.

By: Edward H. Spence
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9781538162644
ISBN 10: 1538162644
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 15 March 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Introduction: Who is in Control? Chapter 2 What is Technology Good For? Chapter 3 Stoic and Neo-Stoic Philosophy Chapter 4 Application of Stoic Philosophy to Technology Chapter 5 Wisdom and Wellbeing: The Dual Obligation Information-Wisdom Theory Chapter 6 Tech Media Corruption in the Age of Information Chapter 7 The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies On Wellbeing Chapter 8 The Impact of AI Technologies on Wellbeing Chapter 9 Smart Machines and Wise Guys: Who Is In Control?

Dr Edward H. Spence, PhD, is a philosopher specializing in moral philosophy and epistemology, as well as in applied and practical ethics in the areas of computer ethics, ethics of technology and ethics of information. He holds research positions in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology in the Netherlands.