The good life in a technological age
By: edited by Philip Brey, Adam Briggle, and Edward Spence
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge studies in science, technology and society -- 17
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780415891264
Subjects: Social aspects; Technological innovations; Information society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction / Adam Briggle, Philip Brey and Edward Spence; title: Mapping the landscape; title: Well-being in philosophy, psychology, and economics / Philip Brey; title: Theorizing technology / Carl Mitcham and Adam Briggle; title: Theoretical approaches; title: Quality of life in technological society : a macrosociological approach / Ruut Veenhoven; title: Capabilities and technology / Justine Johnstone; title: Happiness and meaning in a technological age : a psychological approach / Michael Steger and Joo Yeon Shin; title: The ambivalence of the good life : happiness, economics, technology, and; title: Relational goods / Luigino Bruni; title: Desire-satisfactionism and technology / Anton Tupa; title: Consumer products and well-being; title: Consuming happiness / Lindsey Patterson and Robert Biswas-Diener; title: Thinking through consumerism and technology / Pak Hang Wong; title: Consumption and sustainability : a neo-epicurean approach to a sustainable good; title: Life in a technological world / Edward Spence; title: Cell phones, ipods, and subjective well-being / Valerie Tiberius; title: Information technology and well-being; title: New social media and the virtues / Shannon Vallor; title: Web 2.0: community as commodity? / Diane P. Michelfelder; title: Types of internet use, well-being and the good life : ethical views from prudential psychology / Omar Rosas; title: Virtually good? : disclosing the presuppositions behind the claimed inferiority; title: Of virtual worlds / Johnny Hartz Søraker; title: Medical and agricultural technology and well-being; title: What's wrong with techno food? / David Kaplan; title: Human enhancement and well-being / Bengt Brülde; title: On hubris and hybrids : ascesis and the ethics of technology / Peter Paul Verbeek; title: Brave new world : platonism 2.0 / Tsjalling Swierstra; title: Care robots, virtual virtue, and the best possible life / Mark Coeckelbergh; title: Technology design and policy; title: Can we design for well-being? / Ibo van de Poel; title: The university, metrics, and the good life / Robert Frodeman, J. Britt Holbrook and Kelli Barr; title: Science policy and the expectation of health : the case for reforming peer review at the national institutes of health / Adam Briggle; title: Neutrality and technology : ortega y gasset on the good life / Jeroen van den Hoven; title: Technological change and the destabilization of liberal politics / Govert Valkenburg; title: Contributors; title: Index.