Technology and the Overturning of Human Autonomy

This book offers an extensive historical, philosophical and ethical discussion on the role of autonomous technologies, and their influence on human identity. By connecting those different perspectives, and analysing some practical case studies, it guides readers to dissect the relationship between machine and human autonomy, and machine and human identity. It analyses how the relationship between human and technology has been evolving in the last few centuries. Last, it aims at proposing an explanation on the reason/s why humans have been keen on developing their own autonomy's perfect avatar.

Connects historical, philosophical and ethical perspectives Discusses the challenges posed by autonomous technology to human identity Analyses key technologies such as autonomous vehicles and self-tracking systems

Auteur
Simona Chiodo is a full professor of philosophy at Politecnico di Milano. She is doing research in epistemology, specifically on the relationship between reality and ideality, in philosophy of technology, focusing on understanding the philosophical meaning of current technologies, and in aesthetics, specifically on the notion of beauty. She is the author of Technology and Anarchy. A Reading of Our Era (Lexington Books-The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2020).

Contenu

Introduction.- Technology's philosophical meanings.- Contemporary Prometheus.- First case in point: autonomous technologies.- Second case in point: self-tracking technologies and the quantified self.- Challenges of the future.- Epistemological challenges.- Human identity's challenges.- Ethical challenges.- Conclusion.