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Tomorrow's Troubles - Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance (Hardcover)
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Tomorrow's Troubles - Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance (Hardcover)
Series: Moral Traditions series
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The first examination of predictive technology from the perspective
of Catholic theology Probabilistic predictions of future risk
govern much of society. In business and politics alike,
institutional structures manage risk by controlling the behavior of
consumers and citizens. New technologies comb through past data to
predict and shape future action. Choosing between possible future
paths can cause anxiety as every decision becomes a calculation to
achieve the most optimal outcome. Tomorrow's Troubles is the first
book to use virtue ethics to analyze these pressing issues. Paul
Scherz uses a theological analysis of risk and practical reason to
show how risk-based decision theory reorients our relationships to
the future through knowledge of possible dangers and foregone
opportunities-and fosters a deceptive hope for total security.
Scherz presents this view of temporality as problematic because it
encourages a desire for stability through one's own efforts instead
of reliance on God. He also argues that the largest problem with
predictive models is that they do not address individual reason and
free will. Instead of dwelling on a future, we cannot control, we
can use our past experiences and the Christian tradition to focus
on discerning God's will in the present. Tomorrow's Troubles offers
a thoughtful new framework that will help Christians benefit from
the positive aspects of predictive technologies while recognizing
God's role in our lives and our futures.
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