"With a distinctive theoretical framework combining Aristotle, Marx, and MacIntyre, the essays in this volume ask how the forms of artificial intelligence and technologies of automation in digital capitalism affect human flourishing, and what meaningful work looks like under these conditions. The volume contains eight essays from scholars in the UK, Europe and USA, specializing in the philosophical and ethical dimensions of technology and political theory. This timely and novel intervention in the automation debate will appeal to those in philosophy, politics, literary and cultural studies interested in new technologies both from the perspective of normative ethics and the critique of political economy"--
With a distinctive theoretical framework combining Aristotle, Marx, and Alasdair MacIntyre, the essays in this volume ask how forms of artificial intelligence and technologies of automation in digital capitalism affect human flourishing, and what meaningful work looks like under these conditions.
As technology advances, how do we decide what activities should be automated? Is the end of work through automation actually desirable? If a good life is the life of activity employing our rational, imaginative, and creative powers, what does it mean to say that future societies will be post-work societies? Rather than simply embracing the possibilities of automation to eliminate work, this collection considers that meaningful work is integral to the good life.
Human Flourishing in the Age of Digital Capitalism contains eight essays from scholars in the UK, Europe and USA, reflecting on the philosophical and ethical dimensions of technology and political theory. Contributions cover topics such as algorithmic management, the feared 'superintelligence' of machines, the concept of good work, and the alienating consequences of technology for workers. This timely and novel intervention in the automation debate will be of interest to anyone considering new technologies from the perspective of normative ethics and the critique of political economy.
Recenzijos
If there ever was the right book at the right moment, it is Human Flourishing in the Age of Digital Capitalism. Its editor Andrius Bielskis did much more than assembling texts that fit the topic; instead of getting lost in the generalities about the influence of artificial intelligence on our lives, the texts approach from different aspects the same topic: how did and how will digital capitalism affect all levels of being human, from social freedoms to the most intimate experiences. Digital capitalism is not only a new phase of capitalism, it also announces a new phase of human subjectivity. * Slavoj iek, University of London, UK * Aristotle and Marx might seem like unlikely bedfellows, but this volume proves otherwise. It demonstrates that questions of human flourishing and human labour must be asked together, as capital relentlessly pursues thoughtless applications of AI-powered automation motivated solely by the capture of value. A surprising collection of thought-provoking essays which provides a novel framework for thinking about political economy and the good life. * James Steinhoff, University College Dublin, Ireland * If there ever was the right book at the right moment, it is Human Flourishing in the Age of Digital Capitalism. Its editor Andrius Bielskis did much more than assembling texts that fit the topic; instead of getting lost in the generalities about the influence of Artificial Intelligence on our lives, the texts approach from different aspects the same topic: how did and how will digital capitalism affect all levels of being human, from social freedoms to the most intimate experiences. Digital capitalism is not only a new phase of capitalism, it also announces a new phase of human subjectivity. * Tom Angier, University of Cape Town, South Africa *
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As the nature of work is rapidly changing with advances in technologies of automation, the essays in this volume examine the ethics and politics of meaningful labour under digital capitalism.
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1. On Sheep and Self-Moving Tools: The Material Conditions for Human
Flourishing, Andrius Bielskis (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania)
2. Techne in the Conflicts of Modernity: A MacIntyrean Approach to
Technology, Kelvin Knight and Joe Simpson (London Metropolitan University,
UK)
3. Algorithmic Management: The Corrupting Power of Technology, Pablo Garcia
Ruiz (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
4. Mild Preparations: Work, Practices, and the Internal Good of
Recognition, Matthew Sinnicks, Craig Reeves and Efuntomi Wosu (University of
Southampton, UK)
5. A Note on Marx, Alienation and Technology, Ruth Porter Groff (Saint Louis
University, USA)
6. Artificial Intelligence, Alienation, and the Existential Conditions of
Human Flourishing, Jeff Noonan (University of Windsor, Canada)
7. Marxism and the Idea of a Fully Automated Machine Society: Science Fiction
Utopia or Dystopian Nightmare? Anthony Burns (University of Nottingham, UK)
8. Automation and the Good Life: Technological Enslavement, Technological
Liberation, or Technological Transformation? Egidijus Mardosas (Mykolas
Romeris University, Lithuania)
Index
Andrius Bielskis is Director of the Centre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania, and Professor of Philosophy at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
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