Technological Optimists Stress That, All Things Considered, Humans Are Much

question 23

Multiple Choice

Technological optimists stress that, all things considered, humans are much better off today than ever before, which is largely due to technological innovations. The optimist believes that

• A) not every single technology has turned out to be beneficial, but modern technology as a whole has brought us enormous benefits.
• B) technology is valuable in an intrinsic sense.
• C) technology is valuable for its own sake.
• D) technology has final value: It is the endpoint of a chain of instrumentally valuable entities.

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