Imagination and Principles

MARK COECKELBERGH PhD, University of Birmingham, UK, lectures in philosophy of technology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is the author of Liberation and Passion (2002) and The Metaphysics of Autonomy (2004) as well as numerous articles in the area of professional ethics and the ethics of technology.

• Introduction PART I: PRAGMATISM AND TECHNOLOGY (DELIBERATING ACTORS) Contemporary Pragmatism Limits Engineering and Medical Care Conclusion Part I PART II: MORAL SENTIMENT AND CULTURE (JUDGING SPECTATORS) Nussbaum Limits Mass Media and Digital Culture Conclusion Part II PART III_ ABSOLUTISM AND POLITICS (WORLD CITIZENS) Kant and Kantians Limits Cosmopolitanism Conclusion Part III Conclusion Bibliography