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0013_RealityFTM_6x9_comp01_A_v14_15_11_2009.indd 2 11/16/09 7:29:48 PM University of Ottawa Press © University of Ottawa Press 2010 All rights reserved. The University of Ottawa Press acknowledges with gratitude the support extended to its publishing list by Heritage Canada through its Book Publishing Industry Development Program, by the Canada Council for the Arts, by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences through its Aid to Scholarly Publications Program, by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and by the University of Ottawa. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Technology and the changing face of humanity / edited by Richard Feist, Chantal Beauvais, and Rajesh Shukla. (Philosophica, 1480-4670) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7766-0716-0 1. Technology--Social aspects. 2. Technology--Moral and ethical aspects. I. Feist, Richard, 1964- II. Beauvais Chantal, 1963- III. Shukla, Rajesh, 1970- IV. Series: Collection Philosophica T14.5.T385 2009 303.48’3 C2009-903941-9 University of Ottawa Press 542 King Edward Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 www.press.uottawa.ca À Aubin Deckeyser, qui fut un phare de dignité, de sagesse et de vérité au sein de notre communauté philosophique. Tes pas déposés sur la berge de nos vies ne seront pas effacés par les marées du temps. To students registered in the Public Ethics program: you give us so many reasons to be proud of your ethical leadership. chantal beauvais To my parents, for their constant love and affection over the years. rajesh shukla To Barbara, Henri and Puck. richard feist CONTENTS Acknowledgements ............................................................................ix Introduction Richard Feist, Chantal Beauvais, and Rajesh Shukla ............................1 Chapter I Technology and the Body: A New or an Old Anthropology? Carol Collier ...................................................................................22 Chapitre II Foucault, la technologie et l’homme Aubin Deckeyser ..............................................................................41 Chapter III The Changing Faces of War and Humanity Richard Feist ...................................................................................58 Chapter IV Natural Disasters and Human Responsibilities Thom Heyd ....................................................................................83 Chapter V Intellectual Property, the IT Industry, and Market Freedoms in the Global Arena David Lea ......................................................................................94 Chapter VI Moral Mediators in a Technological World Lorenzo Magnani ..........................................................................112 Chapitre VII L’historicité de la technologie comme historicité eschatologique Louis Perron .................................................................................134 Chapter VIII Persona Gratia: Integral Personalism, Democracy, and Maritain’s Subjugation of Technique in Education Walter Schultz ..............................................................................152 Chapter IX Technology and the Remaking of Human Existence Rajesh Shukla ...............................................................................176 Chapter X Technology, Religion, and Human Destiny William Sweet ..............................................................................192 Chapter XI Philosophy of Gene-Being: A Prolegomenon Greg Walters .................................................................................206 List of Contributors .......................................................................226 Index ..............................................................................................227
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