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case. Such
philosophers as Rousseau, Kant, Hannah Arendt, Gunther Anders, Hans Jonas and Ivan
Illich will be our guides, as well as anthropologist Rene Girard. One could argue,
however, that ... Ethics of the Future": for instance,
ethics of climate change, synthetic biology, nanotechnology.
Ivan Illich and the notion of counterproductivity: the "logic of the detour" gone berserk.
Readings: Hans Jonas ... Winter 1995, p. 219-236.
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Rational Choice before the Apocalypse", 2005.
Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity, 1973.
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Detour and Sacrifice", 2002.
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