Future Present: Ethics And/As Science Fiction

by Michael Pinsky

To prepare for the this is the mission of ethics. Future Ethics and/as Science Fiction fuses contemporary philosophy from Heidegger, Derrida, Levinas, and others with cultural texts preoccupied with the future arrival of an science fiction. We peer through the lens of science fiction with the help of H. G. Wells, Walt Disney, Star Trek, David Cronenberg, Philip K. Dick, and many others, in search of a theory of ethics that leaves open the possibility of the Other and encourages empathy, which is necessary for survival in our multicultural world.

Hardcover

First published August 12, 2004

Reviews

[Noah Vickstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Impeccable analysis of some popular tropes in cyberpunk and beyond. Recommended.

Although I randomly picked this off my university bookshelf, you can read the full text online here: http://www.questia.com/library/119499...