ABSTRACT
Modern technology has changed the way we live, work, play, communicate, fight, love, and die. Yet few works have systematically explored these changes in light of their implications for individual and social welfare. How can we conceptualize and evaluate the influence of technology on human well-being? Bringing together scholars from a cross-section of disciplines, this volume combines an empirical investigation of technology and its social, psychological, and political effects, and a philosophical analysis and evaluation of the implications of such effects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|39 pages
Mapping the Landscape
part II|91 pages
Theoretical Approaches
chapter 6|22 pages
The Ambivalence of the Good Life
part III|46 pages
Consumer Products and Well-Being
chapter 10|13 pages
Consumption and Sustainability
part IV|47 pages
Information Technology and Well-Being
chapter 14|10 pages
Types of Internet Use, Well-Being, and the Good Life
chapter 15|13 pages
Virtually Good?
part V|54 pages
Medical and Agricultural Technology and Well-Being
part VI|60 pages
Technology Design and Policy