Automation and Utopia - Human Flourishing in a World Without Work

Automating technologies threaten to usher in a workless future, but John Danaher argues that this can be a good thing. A world without work may be a kind of utopia, free of the misery of the job and full of opportunities for creativity and exploration. If we play our cards right, automation could be the path to idealized forms of human flourishing.

About the author

John Danaher is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway and coeditor of Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications. He has published over forty papers on topics including the risks of advanced AI, the meaning of life and the future of work, the ethics of human enhancement, the intersection of law and neuroscience, the utility of brain-based lie detection, and the philosophy of religion. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Aeon, and The Philosophers’ Magazine.

Summary

Automating technologies threaten to usher in a workless future, but John Danaher argues that this can be a good thing. A world without work may be a kind of utopia, free of the misery of the job and full of opportunities for creativity and exploration. If we play our cards right, automation could be the path to idealized forms of human flourishing.

Product details

• Authors: John Danaher, Danaher John
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780674984240
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98424-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, COMPUTERS / Cybernetics, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Cybernetics & systems theory, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, COMPUTERS / Virtual & Augmented Reality, Machines, Cybernetics and systems theory, Virtual worlds