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Unpopular essays on technological progress / [electronic resource] Nicholas Rescher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1980.Description: x, 122 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0822934116
  • 9780822934110
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Unpopular essays on technological progress.DDC classification:
  • 601/.9
LOC classification:
  • T14 .R42
Other classification:
  • 50.12
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available on the Internet.
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".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".

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