Hans Achterhuis

Hans Achterhuis ( born September 1, 1942 in Hengelo ) is a Dutch professor of applied philosophy at the University of Twente and one of the best known philosophers in the Netherlands. Currently, he is mainly concerned with social and political philosophy as well as technological philosophy.

His most recent books cover the utopia ( " De erfenis van de utopia ," "The Legacy of Utopia " ) and the relationship between politics and morality in the Kosovo war ( " Politiek van Goede bedoelingen ", "policy of good intentions "). He is co- author of American Philosophy of Technology: the Empirical Turn, the Winner was composed by Albert Borgmann, Andrew Feenberg, Donna Haraway, Don Ihde Hubert Dreyfus, and Langdon.

Main ideas

His ideas relate primarily to the philosophy of objects and argue for a morality of machines. In his view, objects are to be more than morally neutral things and people draw such barriers, the one force in the subway to buy a ticket. Next they should exert moral pressure which is even more effective than the threat of punishment. Achterhuis takes to Utopia had failed, but the world can still be transmitted through the transmitting morals of mankind on machines.

Publications

Weblink

• Http://www.hansachterhuis.nl/

• Political philosopher
• University teachers (Enschede)
• Netherlander
• Born in 1942
• Man