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Animals, Robots, Gods
- Author
- Webb Keane
- Narrator
- Mark Arnold
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 29 August 2024
- Run Time
- 5 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Social and cultural anthropology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues, topics and debates, Artificial intelligence (AI), Animals and society / Animal rights - issues and debates
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe
We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?
In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of South Asian animal rights activists, Balinese cockfighters, Japanese robot fanciers -- even macho cowboys. We meet a hunter in the Yukon who explains his prey generously gives itself up to him; a cancer sufferer in Thailand who sees his tumour as a reincarnated ox; a computer that gets you to confess your anxieties as if you were on the psychiatrist's couch.
With charm, wit and insight, Keane offers us a better understanding of our doubts and certainties, showing how centuries of conversations between us and non-humans inform our conceptions of morality, and will continue to guide us in the age of AI and beyond.
© Webb Keane 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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Interesting points. Links go far drawing lines between disparate facts. Worth the read.
hallwiton 2025-02-24
Details
- Author
- Webb Keane
- Narrator
- Mark Arnold
- Duration
- 5 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 August 2024
- ISBN
- 9781802066579
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Social and cultural anthropology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues, topics and debates, Artificial intelligence (AI), Animals and society / Animal rights - issues and debates
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universeWe have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of South Asian animal rights activists, Balinese cockfighters, Japanese robot fanciers -- even macho cowboys. We meet a hunter in the Yukon who explains his prey generously gives itself up to him; a cancer sufferer in Thailand who sees his tumour as a reincarnated ox; a computer that gets you to confess your anxieties as if you were on the psychiatrist's couch.With charm, wit and insight, Keane offers us a better understanding of our doubts and certainties, showing how centuries of conversations between us and non-humans inform our conceptions of morality, and will continue to guide us in the age of AI and beyond.© Webb Keane 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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