Virtually good?: Disclosing the presuppositions behind the claimed inferiority of virtual worlds

Johnny Søraker

Virtually good? Disclosing the presuppositions behind the claimed inferiority of virtual worlds

Johnny Søraker

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Modern technology has changed the way we live, work, play, communicate, fight, love, and die. Yet few works have systematically explored these changes in light of their implications for individual and social welfare. How can we conceptualize and evaluate the influence of technology on human well-being? Bringing together scholars from a cross-section of disciplines, this volume combines an empirical investigation of technology and its social, psychological, and political effects, and a philosophical analysis and evaluation of the implications of such effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Good Life in a Technological Age
Editors	Philip Brey, Adam Briggle, Edward Spence
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	225-238
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203124581
ISBN (Print)	9780415891264
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Virtually good? Disclosing the presuppositions behind the claimed inferiority of virtual worlds

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