Title:
Fewer rules, better people : the case for discretion
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2025
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
©2025
Physical Description:
157 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781324051244
Abstract:
An exploration of justice and ethics, highlighting how over-reliance on rules and mandates diminishes morality, fosters deception and corrupts institutions, while advocating for balanced discretion over rigid systems, especially as AI threatens to eliminate human judgment.
Contents:
At the crossroad of peace and force -- Playing by the rules -- Charging left, charging right -- The laws of bureaudynamics -- Mandates and the normalization of lying -- The coming of the robot rulers -- From fewer rules to better people.
Language:
English
