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Willful Control and Controlling the Will: Technology and Being Human

2017-04-18

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One purported benefit of technology is that it gives humans greater control over how they live their lives. Various technologies are used to protect humans from what are perceived to be the capricious whims of indifferent natural forces. Additionally, technology is used to create circumstances and opportunities that are believed to be preferable because they are more subject to human control. In large measure, the...

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Literature Corpus work: 3436d7d0-2585-534d-bcfc-4a2a24bf98af
DOI: 10.20944/preprints201704.0111.v1

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