Humanity: An Investigation and an Exploration - Couverture souple

Packer, Steve

 
9781035883318: Humanity: An Investigation and an Exploration
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1035883317 ISBN 13 : 9781035883318
Editeur : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2025

Synopsis

There have been many hundreds of books written about humanity from ancient times to the present day, trying to describe and understand who we are in relationship to each other and the universe in which we find ourselves. Many involve asking such questions as: Is there such an entity as God? Is there such a thing as human nature? Do we have free will? What is the best type of economy and society?

Quite a few of the authors claim to have found the answers and attempted to get their solutions accepted. If resisted, they, or their followers, have often resorted to imposing their worldviews by force. As the title suggests: this is not one of them. It is not written to persuade you to adopt any belief system or ideology. What has been attempted is to provide a comprehensive coverage of what has so far been suggested, an overview that has not appeared before, and which is aimed at giving you a range of information on which to form your own considered view on such matters.

It is also written at a time of great and accelerating change, one in which technology is being used to create virtual realities and artificial intelligences, and even new kinds of humans. And one in which, some believe, we are in the process of destroying the very environment that sustains us. The book has been written to assist understanding and is dedicated to the author's grandchildren.

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À propos de l?auteur

A baby boomer (children conceived with optimism after World War Two), Steve Packer was born in the English Midlands, grew up on the Channel Coast and has admitted to being an enthusiastic child of the '60s, which sparked an enduring interest in all forms of human expression and experience. After careers in both the private and public sectors, his current home is deep in the Cambrian Mountains of Wales, where he gardens, paints and writes songs which he attempts to play on a varied collection of acoustic and electric guitars.

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Éditeur
Austin Macauley Publishers
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1035883317
ISBN 13 
9781035883318
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
382
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Personne responsable
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