The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?

After critiquing the four visions of alternative futures proposed by Costanza last year in Conservation Ecology, I encourage students to use epistemology (the study of knowledge) in assessing the role of technology, to incorporate the insights of various religious traditions regarding environmental...

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Main Author: Michael Ellerbrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2001-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art18/
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description After critiquing the four visions of alternative futures proposed by Costanza last year in Conservation Ecology, I encourage students to use epistemology (the study of knowledge) in assessing the role of technology, to incorporate the insights of various religious traditions regarding environmental theology, and to focus on the Greek nature of "household" in developing an integrated curriculum of study.
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The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
Ecology and Society
environmental theology
epistemology
global vision
household
integrated education
modernism
sustainable development
title The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
title_full The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
title_fullStr The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
title_full_unstemmed The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
title_short The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?
title_sort sorcerer s tool technology as servant or master
topic environmental theology
epistemology
global vision
household
integrated education
modernism
sustainable development
url http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art18/
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