Science Fiction and the Moral Imagina..., Russell Blackford
Science Fiction and the Moral Imagina..., Russell Blackford
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Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination
Visions, Minds, Ethics

Author: Russell Blackford

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/03/2021

Synopsis

In this highly original audiobook, Russell Blackford discusses the intersection of science fiction and humanity’s moral imagination. With the rise of science and technology in the nineteenth century, and our continually improving understanding of the cosmos, writers and thinkers soon began to imagine futures greatly different from the present. Science fiction was born out of the realization that future technoscientific advances could dramatically change the world.Along with the developments described in modern science fiction—space societies, conscious machines, and upgraded human bodies, to name but a few—come a new set of ethical challenges and new forms of ethics. Blackford identifies these issues and their reflection in science fiction. This fascinating audiobook will appeal to anyone with an interest in philosophy or science fiction, or in how they interact.

About Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford is Conjoint Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A renowned philosopher, literary critic, and commentator on a range of topics including legal and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaethics, and philosophical bioethics, a prolific essayist and author whose works include Freedom of Religion and the Secular State. Dr. Blackford is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Evolution and Technology.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven

Science Fiction is a genre of literature (or, as author Russell Blackford suggests, a mode of literature) that is in the unenviable position of being considered by some as pulp, often dealing as it does with rockets and robots and ray guns and galactic empires, if not galactic corporations (assuming......more

Goodreads review by Pippa

I completely agree with the author that moral ethics, and all sorts of interesting ideas are being explored in SF, and I enjoyed reading his analysis, even when I didn't completely agree with it. My only small criticism is that the same books were referred to over and over again, and I would have li......more

Goodreads review by Carol

Very engaging from beginning to end. A fabulous resource for science fiction readers, writers and critics.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

"Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination" sets itself the task of outlining the foundation and later enrichment of what author Russell Blackford calls the the "megatext" of speculative fiction. This megatext is the ongoing development of the genre, the contributions from various authors whose work......more

Quotes

“This is a seasoned, balanced analysis of a major issue in our thinking about the future, seen through the lens of science fiction, a central art of our time.” Greg Benford, author of Timescape

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