Responsible Technology: A Christian PerspectiveThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This book provides a multi-disciplinary Christian analysis of the forces shaping the operation of modern technology, and offers an alternative framework of biblically rooted normative principles. It argues that technology is a value- laden activity and presents principles for basing it on God's will. |
Contents
CHAPTER THREE | 24 |
CHAPTER | 26 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 37 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 58 |
Technology and Science | 77 |
Characteristics of Modern Technology | 95 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 103 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 143 |
CHAPTER | 184 |
Extrinsic Barriers to Sufficient Design | 191 |
An Illustration of Responsible Design | 198 |
Basic Themes of the Message | 209 |
Activating the Conscience | 217 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 222 |
Positionspecific Responsibility | 238 |
Recommended Reading | 245 |
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