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The bringing together of technology, sustainability and ethics

The bringing together of technology, sustainability and ethics Sustain Sci (2012) 7:113–116 DOI 10.1007/s11625-012-0170-8 MESSAGE Jean-Louis Armand Received: 5 May 2012 / Accepted: 5 May 2012 / Published online: 7 June 2012 Springer 2012 study of the world by rational principles based on the deductive principles of mathematics. The primary aim was to arrive at a better contemplative understanding of the nature of things. Such speculations were never intended as a means of gaining control of nature or of altering the conditions of life on Earth. Nature was there to be won- dered at, contemplated, even worshipped, but not to be tampered with or altered. Indeed, a properly disciplined inquiry into nature could lead to questions of value and to a fuller understanding of the moral issues on which society is established. This contemplative attitude explains why the ancient Greeks resisted the unrestrained forces inherent in technology and placed little emphasis on experimentation, having no desire to develop scientific thinking into prac- ‘‘We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors tical applications. Indeed, technical knowledge was con- - we borrow it from our children’’ ´ sidered as distinctly inferior to the search of the ultimate Antoine de Saint-Exupery purposes of things, even though definite expertise in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sustainability Science Springer Journals

The bringing together of technology, sustainability and ethics

Armand, Jean-Louis
Sustainability Science , Volume 7 (2) – Jun 7, 2012
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2012 by Springer
Subject
Environment; Environmental Management; Climate Change Management and Policy; Environmental Economics; Landscape Ecology; Sustainable Development; Public Health
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1862-4065
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1862-4057
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10.1007/s11625-012-0170-8
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Sustain Sci (2012) 7:113–116 DOI 10.1007/s11625-012-0170-8 MESSAGE Jean-Louis Armand Received: 5 May 2012 / Accepted: 5 May 2012 / Published online: 7 June 2012 Springer 2012 study of the world by rational principles based on the deductive principles of mathematics. The primary aim was to arrive at a better contemplative understanding of the nature of things. Such speculations were never intended as a means of gaining control of nature or of altering the conditions of life on Earth. Nature was there to be won- dered at, contemplated, even worshipped, but not to be tampered with or altered. Indeed, a properly disciplined inquiry into nature could lead to questions of value and to a fuller understanding of the moral issues on which society is established. This contemplative attitude explains why the ancient Greeks resisted the unrestrained forces inherent in technology and placed little emphasis on experimentation, having no desire to develop scientific thinking into prac- ‘‘We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors tical applications. Indeed, technical knowledge was con- - we borrow it from our children’’ ´ sidered as distinctly inferior to the search of the ultimate Antoine de Saint-Exupery purposes of things, even though definite expertise in

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Published: Jun 7, 2012

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