Virtue in Virtual Spaces : Catholic Social Teaching and Technology (Enacting Catholic Social Tradition)

Conwill, Louisa/ Levis, Megan/ Scheirer, Walter J.

Liturgical Press（2024/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 138 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9798400800269
• DDC分類 261.56

Full Description

2025 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Catholic Social Teaching

2025 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Pastoral Ministry — Parish Life

Explore new modes of creation to bring virtue back into virtual spaces. 

At its best, the internet channels the world into a global village of sorts, where digital citizens learn from each other, explore new modes of creation, and help others work through dilemmas in both physical and virtual spaces. Virtue in Virtual Spaces argues that the internet doesn't have to be the cultural wasteland of click-bait, partisan politics, and vulgar content that we see too often today.

Technology has tremendous potential for good because of the inherent goodness of human creation and creativity which can be achieved through the development and use of technology. The authors draw from writing on virtue ethics and Catholic Social Teaching to demonstrate this potential goodness of technology. Eight of the main themes of Catholic Social Teaching are used to build a framework for designing technology to promote human flourishing. In this book, readers will engage with the philosophies behind their favorite social media platforms, examine how the design features in these platforms shape habits and imagination, and gain dialogue-based skills to bring virtue back into virtual spaces.

Contents

Contents
Preface   ix
Glossary of Terms   xiii
Chapter One
     Introduction   1
Chapter Two
     Historical Background of Catholic Social Teaching   22
Chapter Three
     Dialogue and Social Technologies   35
Chapter Four
     A Framework for Technology Design Based on Catholic Social Teaching   51
Chapter Five
     Case Studies   76
Chapter Six
     Conclusion   104
Bibliography   111