The good life in a technological age Acknowledgments Introduction Adam Briggle Philip Brey and Edward Spence Mapping the landscape Well being in philosophy psychology and economics Philip Brey Theorizing technology Carl Mitcham and Adam Briggle Theoretical approaches Quality of life in technological society : a macrosociological approach Ruut Veenhoven Capabilities and technology Justine Johnstone Happiness and meaning in a technological age : a psychological approach Michael Steger and Joo Yeon Shin The ambivalence of the good life : happiness economics technology and relational goods Luigino Bruni Desire satisfactionism and technology Anton Tupa Consumer products and well being Consuming happiness Lindsey Patterson and Robert Biswas Diener Thinking through consumerism and technology Pak Hang Wong Consumption and sustainability : a neo epicurean approach to a sustainable good life in a technological world Edward Spence Cell phones ipods and subjective well being Valerie Tiberius Information technology and well being New social media and the virtues Shannon Vallor Web 2.0: community as commodity Diane P. Michelfelder Types of internet use well being and the good life : ethical views from prudential psychology Omar Rosas Virtually good : disclosing the presuppositions behind the claimed inferiority of virtual worlds Johnny Hartz Søraker Medical and agricultural technology and well being Whats wrong with techno food David Kaplan Human enhancement and well being Bengt Brülde On hubris and hybrids : ascesis and the ethics of technology Peter Paul Verbeek Brave new world : platonism 2.0 Tsjalling Swierstra Care robots virtual virtue and the best possible life Mark Coeckelbergh Technology design and policy Can we design for well being Ibo van de Poel The university metrics and the good life Robert Frodeman J. Britt Holbrook and Kelli Barr Science policy and the expectation of health : the case for reforming peer review at the national institutes of health Adam Briggle Neutrality and technology : ortega y gasset on the good life Jeroen van den Hoven Technological change and the destabilization of liberal politics Govert Valkenburg Contributors Index