Technology and the Human Person

Spring Colloquium 2002

The Spring 2002 Colloquium Series, “Technology and the Human Person,” was held on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Each colloquium focused on one aspect of the challenges that contemporary technologies pose to our most basic conceptions of the human person. Too often, reflections on the effects of technological change tend to assume a rather thin view of the human person and thus fail to address the complexity inherent in the balance between the gains and pitfalls of technology. We hope this colloquium series encouraged interdisciplinary discussion on the ways that digital technologies and biotechnologies impact how we understand the human person and explore the line between pursuing technological possibilities and protecting what is integrally human.

This series was co-sponsored by Brown College, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean’s Office, the Institute for Practical Ethics, the Department of Sociology, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

Papers from this colloquium were published in the Fall 2002 issue of The Hedgehog Review.