Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

From the introductory chapter: "At first sight, it seems that important concepts - agency, freedom, life, vulnerability, well-being, to name just a few - are rather stable... But under closer scrutiny, this does not appear to be the case. Ethical concepts are frequently up for debate, and subject to uncertainty, as well as change... We claim that technological development often plays a notable role in disrupting fundamental concepts - a role that has only recently been appreciated, but will be given pride of place in this book." This noteworthy open book (188 page PDF) is well worth a read. See also the review by Ratan Sarkar. Via Sven Nyholm.

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