Two notes on Axiological Futurism: The importance of disagreement and methodological implications for value theory

Björn Lundgren

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2023.103120

Two notes on Axiological Futurism: The importance of disagreement and methodological implications for value theory

Björn Lundgren^*

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OFR - Ethics Institute

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Abstract

Recently, John Danaher defended a research agenda he calls “Axiological Futurism”. In this commentary, I propose two revisions for how that research agenda is defined. I argue that it ought to focus on disagreements and comparison of different axiologies.

Original language	English
Article number	103120
Number of pages	4
Journal	Futures
Volume	147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103120
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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Funding Information:
This work is part of the research programme Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, which is funded through the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.004.031 ).

Funding Information:
I'm grateful to comments from John Danaher, Sven Nyholm, and two reviewers. Any faults are mine alone. This work is part of the research programme Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, which is funded through the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.004.031).

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Keywords

Axiological Futurism
Axiology
Disagreement
Value theory

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Two notes on Axiological Futurism: The importance of disagreement and methodological implications for value theory

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