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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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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spelling | doaj.art-1ff90e0f3b6344f4a0e78a44400db4252022-12-21T19:20:26ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872001-06-01511810.5751/ES-00238-050118238The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?Michael Ellerbrock0Virginia TechAfter 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.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art18/environmental theologyepistemologyglobal visionhouseholdintegrated educationmodernismsustainable development |
spellingShingle | Michael Ellerbrock 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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