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> On Apr 1, 2016, at 20:09, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting..., congratulations Ernie. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Centroids > Sent: Friday, April 1, 2016 5:14 PM > To: Centroids Discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: [RC] Will life be worth living in a world without work? > > Philosophical Disquisitions: New Paper - Will life be worth living in a world > without work? > http://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2016/03/new-paper-will-life-be-worth-living-in.html > (via Instapaper) > > > > > I have a new paper coming out in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics. > You can access the official version along with preprint versions below. The > paper draws together many of the ideas in my series on technological > unemployment and the value of work, and I discussed the main argument in this > podcast interview on Review the Future. Still, I think there is some new > stuff in this paper too, and it's probably the best place to go to understand > my current thinking on this topic. > > Title: Will life be worth living in a world without work? Technological > Unemployment and the Meaning of Life > Journal: Science and Engineering Ethics > Links: Philpapers; Academia; Official > Abstract: Suppose we are about to enter an era of increasing technological > unemployment. What implications does this have for society? Two distinct > ethical/social issues would seem to arise. The first is one of distributive > justice: how will the (presumed) efficiency gains from automated labour be > distributed through society? The second is one of personal fulfillment and > meaning: if people no longer have to work, what will they do with their > lives? In this article, I set aside the first issue and focus on the second. > In doing so, I make three arguments. First, I argue that there are good > reasons to embrace non-work and that these reasons become more compelling in > an era of technological unemployment. Second, I argue that the technological > advances that make widespread technological unemployment possible could still > threaten or undermine human flourishing and meaning, especially if (as is to > be expected) they do not remain confined to the economic sphere. And third, I > argue that this threat could be contained if we adopt an integrative approach > to our relationship with technology. In advancing these arguments, I draw on > three distinct literatures: (i) the literature on technological unemployment > and workplace automation; (ii) the antiwork critique — which I argue gives > reasons to embrace technological unemployment; and (iii) the philosophical > debate about the conditions for meaning in life — which I argue gives reasons > for concern. > --> --> > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
