Nature, Technology, and Society
Ned Hettinger, Fall 2010

	Syllabus Schedule of Assignments Paper Assignment and Topics Hettinger Bibliography Suggestions for Writing your Philosophy Paper	Midterm Study Questions Final Exam Study Questions
READING NOTES	READINGS FOR CLASS	MISCELLANEOUS	IMAGES, AUDIO, VIDEO
Introduction	Introduction	Introduction	Introduction
	78 Reasonable Questions to Ask About Any Technology	Pacific Ocean Garbage Dump Inadequate Regulation: "Minerals Service had Mandate to Produce Results" (about Gulf Oil "Spill")	Colbert on Wind Farm and Oil "Spill" (humor) Steward on Energy Independent Future (humor) Alternative Rush Hour (video) Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Backing
Philosophy of Technology	Philosophy of Technology	Philosophy of Technology	Philosophy of Technology
Winner, Technologies as Forms of Life	Langdon Winner, “Technologies as Forms of Life”	About Langdon Winner
Roszak's "Foreword"	Theodore Roszak, "Foreword: In Defense of the Living Earth"	About Luddism About Roszak
Shepard, The Only World We've Got Diamond, The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race	Paul Shepard, "Preface: The Only World We've Got" Jared Diamond, "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"	Photo and Bio-Essay on Paul Shepard About Jared Diamond	The Majestic Plastic Bag Jared Diamond on "Why Societies Collapse" (video)
Berry, Why I'm Not Going to Buy a Computer Berry, Feminism, the Body, and the Machine	Wendell Berry: "Why I'm Not Going to Buy A Computer" Wendell Berry, “Feminism, the Body, and the Machine” 2002	Wendell Berry Takes Back His Papers Recent interview with Wendell Berry "At 70, Wendell Berry Remains a Champion of Agrarian Ideals" Shop Class as Soul Craft
Florman, In Praise of Technology	Samuel Florman, "In Praise of Technology"
Lyons: Are Luddites Confused?	Dan Lyons, "Are Luddites Confused?"	Dan Lyons' obituary Dan Lyons' book on Democracy, Rights, and and Rights
Alan Drengson, Four Philosophies of Technology
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES	SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES	SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES	SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES
Food and Biotechnology	Food and Biotechnology	Food and Biotechnology	Food and Biotechnology
Kingsolver, A Fist in the Eye of God	Barbara Kingsolver, "A Fist in the Eye of God"	About Barbara Kingsolver Genetically Altered Salmon Get Closer to the Table Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? Failure to Yield: Biotech's Broken Promises	Are Genetically Engineered Fish Safe to Eat? (audio)
Cloning and Enhancing Humans	Cloning and Enhancing Humans	Cloning and Enhancing Humans	Cloning and Enhancing Humans
Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance	Leon Kass, "The Wisdom of Repugnance"	Cloning Fact Sheet NIH Cloning Education
Brock, Cloning Human Beings	Dan Brock, "Cloning Human Beings: An Assessment of the Ethical Issues Pro and Con"	Mills, Are There Morally Problematic Reasons for Having Children? (Creating children for "spare parts") Are Prescription Drugs Cheating? Pioneer of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel Prize
Sandel, The Case Against Perfection	Michael J. Sandel , "The Case Against Perfection: What's wrong with designer children, bionic athletes, and genetic engineering"	MicroSort (commercial sperm sorting) Cryobank (commercial sperm bank) NSF, "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers" Journal of Evolution and Technology ("Transhumanism") "Merely Human? That's So Yesterday"	Michael Sandel: The Case Against Perfection (video)
Information Technology	Information Technology	Information Technology	Information Technology
Ehrenfeld, Becoming Good Ancestors	David Ehrenfeld, "Becoming Good Ancestors" Endnotes for Ehrenfeld reading	Is Google Making us Stupid?	David Ehrenfeld on Methods of Preserving the Planet (video) University Declares a Week Without Social Media
Geoengineering	Geoengineering	Geoengineering	Geoengineering
Jamieson, Ethics and Geoengineering Gardner, Is Geoengineering the Lesser Evil?	Dale Jamieson “Ethics of Geoengineering” Steven Gardner, “Is Geoengineering the Lesser Evil?	Christopher Preston on technologies of geoengineering Geoengineering: The Inescapable Truth of Getting to 350 McKibben, "Hot Mess: Why are Conservatives so Radical about the Climate?"	David Keith, "Should we Engineer the Planet?" (video) Steve Gardiner, Geoengineering the Climate in a Perfect Moral Storm" (audio, scroll down)
Restoration	Restoration	Restoration	Restoration
Elliot, Faking Nature	Robert Elliot, "Faking Nature"	Quotes about restoration, preservation, humans and nature
Katz, The Big Lie	Eric Katz, "The Big Lie"
Jordan, Ecological Restoration as a New Environmental Paradigm	William Jordan, "'Sunflower Forest': Ecological Restoration as the Basis for a New Environmental Paradigm”
Hettinger, Restoration as a Paradigm for Human Relation with Nature (powerpoint) Study questions for the above	Ned Hettinger, "Restoration as a Paradigm for the Human Relationship with Nature"
Sandler, Global Warming and Virtues of Ecological Restoration	Ron Sandler, "Global Warming and the Virtues of Ecological Restoration"
Ross, Appreciating Gardens and Urban Nature	Stephanie Ross “Paradoxes and Puzzles: Appreciating Gardens and Urban Nature,”
Consumption, Simplicity and Progress	Consumption, Simplicity and Progress	Consumption, Simplicity and Progress	Consumption, Simplicity and Progress
Segal, Are We Simple Creatures? Lichtenberg, Consuming Because Others Consume	Jerome Segal, "Are We Simple Creatures?" Judith Lichtenberg, "Consuming Because Others Consume"	The Simplicity Forum Center for the New American Dream Take Back You Time Day	Story of Stuff I'm a Mac and I've Got a Dirty Secret A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers in Ghana
Schor, Clothes Encounters Schor, Tackling Turbo Consumption	Juliet Schor, "Clothes Encounters" Synopsis of Schor's book "Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth" Juliet Schor, “Tackling Turbo Consumption”	About Juliet Schor Julie Schor webpage, including blog	3 Videos talks by Juliet Schor
Affluenza	Affluenza video (for those did not see in class)		Drake, "Successful"
Bermingham/Jackson, Prosperity Without Growth Is Recession Good?	Prosperity without Growth Is Recession Good? A Discussion		Growthbusters
Orr, Designers' Challenge Pope, Let's Get Technical	David Orr, "The Designers' Challenge" Carl Pope, "Let's Get Technical"	About David Orr	Plastic bags rap
		Society for Philosophy and Technology	Bluesphere: Earth Art Expo More on Bluesphere
	“Some Recurrent Themes in the Ethics of Technology” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)	Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology (online journal)
		Wall Street Backs Away from Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
		Gulf Oil Spill
		Can we Build a Brighter Shade of Geen?
		Inadequate Regulation: "Minerals Service had Mandate to Produce Results"
		Mark Sorkin, "Lessons of Darkness" (review of Mass' "Crude World")	"The Curse of Oil" (Talk by Peter Mass author of "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil"
		German City Wonders How Green is Too Green? (mandatory solar power)
		Carbon Ration Cards
Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology		Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology	Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology
		Our Silver Coated Future: NRDC on Nanotechnology
			Instant Egghead: What is Synthetic Biology? (video)
		Precautionary Principle
		Michael Pollan on the Precautionary Principle	NPR story on Precautionary Principle
Consumption, Simplicity and Eco-Design