عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA129501
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Ruling the Future? Heretical Reflections on Technology and Other Secular Religions of Sustainability
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Aidan Davison
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
I argue that the quest for sustainability in Western societies has been shaped by the secular religion of technology. Technological endeavor and moral reflection have been held apart in this quest, with the result that reformist and transformative approaches to sustainability often overlook articles of modern faith in technology. Instrumentalist appeals to eco-efficiency and environmentalist appeals to nature implicitly invest technology with transcendent significance. In response, I rely upon accounts of practical reason in outlining a secular strategy for constituting sustainability as practical moral endeavor. Characterizing this endeavor as faithfulness in the task of sustaining a good world, I suggest that skillful handling of the moral and ontological substance of technology is the very essence of sustainability. I argue that the quest for sustainability in Western societies has been shaped by the secular religion of technology. Technological endeavor and moral reflection have been held apart in this quest, with the result that reformist and transformative approaches to sustainability often overlook articles of modern faith in technology. Instrumentalist appeals to eco-efficiency and environmentalist appeals to nature implicitly invest technology with transcendent significance. In response, I rely upon accounts of practical reason in outlining a secular strategy for constituting sustainability as practical moral endeavor. Characterizing this endeavor as faithfulness in the task of sustaining a good world, I suggest that skillful handling of the moral and ontological substance of technology is the very essence of sustainability.
SET
Date of Publication
2008
Physical description
146-162
Title
Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Volume Number
12/2-3
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5357
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
ENVIRONMENTALISM
Subject Term
ETHICS
Subject Term
PRACTICAL REASON
Subject Term
SECULAR RELIGION
Subject Term
SUSTAINABILITY
Subject Term
TECHNOLOGY
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Aidan Davison
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/156853508X359958
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[Article]
275578
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