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Specifically human: human work and care in the age of machines

Bertolaso, Marta ORCID: 0000-0003-2241-7029 and Rocchi, Marta ORCID: 0000-0003-4668-7445 (2020) Specifically human: human work and care in the age of machines. Business Ethics: A European Review . ISSN 0962-8770

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Abstract

This paper aims to show how the frequently asked question about the future of work, i.e. whether human beings are going to be replaced by machines and robots, arose, and why the way such question is posed is inadequate to account for the human and social value of care professions. We discuss how the dimensions entailed in care professions are specifically human and argue that any kind of human work actually reflects them (and will reflect them in the future), irrespective of the impact of technological changes. The present argument also aims to unveil the extent of the effects of the postmodern epistemological crisis regarding the concept of work, to re-formulate the question about the future of human work, and to offer a characterization of care as a specific component of human work in the age of machines.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:work; care; 4th industrial revolution; dynamic and relational view; dependencies
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Publisher:Blackwell Publishing
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/beer.12281
Copyright Information:© 2020 John Wiley
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:25822
Deposited On:30 Apr 2021 14:29 by INVALID USER. Last Modified 06 Mar 2022 04:30

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