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 how we might explore the line between pursuing technological possibilities and protecting what is integrally human.

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