Herman Johan "Hans" Achterhuis (born September 1, 1942, Hengelo ) is Professor Emeritus in Systematic Philosophy at the University of Twente , The Netherlands . For now his research concerns particularly social and political philosophy and philosophy of technology .
5-495: Achterhuis may refer to: Hans Achterhuis , Dutch philosopher The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam Het Achterhuis , the original Dutch title of The Diary of a Young Girl Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Achterhuis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-677: A great scope (in fields of medical care, labour, third-world-philosophy). In 1967, he took his doctoral degree on Albert Camus . His latest books handle the topics of utopianism (‘De erfenis van de utopie’, ‘The Legacy of Utopia’) and the tension between morality and politics in relation to the Kosovo War (“Politiek van Goede bedoelingen’, ‘Policy of good intentions’). He is co-author of the volume American Philosophy of Technology; The Empirical Turn. This work includes contributions on Albert Borgmann , Hubert Dreyfus , Andrew Feenberg , Donna Haraway , Don Ihde and Langdon Winner . His ideas add up to
15-445: A philosophy of things ( objects ) and a plea for a morality of machines . Rather than being morally neutral, things guide our behaviour (barriers in the subway forcing us to buy a ticket). This is why they are capable of exerting moral pressure that is much more effective than imposing sanctions or trying to reform the way people think. Utopia has been superseded but the world can still be improved, if we take seriously our moral ties to
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25-666: The machines and devices that surround us. In 2011 Achterhuis was chosen as the first Philosopher Laureate of the Netherlands ( Dutch : Denker des Vaderlands (Thinker of the Fatherland), nl ). This honorary title was an initiative of the Filosofie magazine, and the Stichting Maand van de Filosofie (Philosophy Month Foundation), together with the Dutch newspaper Trouw . The person is chosen by
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