Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character old ways ofreproducing ourselves managing nature and keeping animals are continuallyreplaced by new... » 

Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character old ways ofreproducing ourselves managing nature and keeping animals are continuallyreplaced by new ones norms and values with respect to our bodies foodproduction health care and environmental protection are regularly being put upfor discussion. This constantly confronts us with new moral problems anddilemmas. In discussion with other approaches this book argues that pragmatismwith its strong emphasis on the interaction between technology and valuesgives us both procedural help and stresses the importance of living andcooperating together in tackling these problems and dilemmas. The issues inthis book include the interaction of technology and ethics the status ofpragmatism the concept of practice and discourse ethics and deliberativedemocracy. It has an interactive design with original contributionsalternating with critical comments. The book is of interest for studentsscholars and policymakers in the fields of bioethics animal ethicsenvironmental ethics pragmatist philosophy and science and technology studies. «