Eleni Karabatzaki, Associate Professor of History of Philosophy (ret.) University of Ioannina<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Stoicism is one of the three new philosophical schools , which appeared during the hellenistic times as a response to the newly emerged socio-political needs of an “oecumenic” age(the other two being Epicureanism and ancient Scepticism). The main focus of all three was moral, the achievement of eudaimonia-well being throuh apathy, ataraxia, and epoche <\/em>respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stoicism with a life-span of 500 years and three phases(Ancient, Middle and New) exercised a great impact on Roman Society, Renaissance and Enlightenement, as well as in recent years as a very helpful moral, practical philosophy for every day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is very interesting that , starting 15-10 years ago, there is an ever growing recognition of the value and utility of stoic ethics, particularly their views on wisdom, courage, justice, and<\/em> phronesis <\/em>vs the problems, moral and existential, produced by the application and use of information and artificial inteligence technology for the well-being of those working in theses fields, as well as of the general public. In this paper having as a starting point the last work of Edward Spence we will shortly present and discuss these views, which believe that accepting at a practical level the stoic views, we can have a substantial help for the ‘control’ of these technological acievements, which, if abused, threaten human psychologial, and social well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selective bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Spence , Edward: Stoic Philosophy and the Control of AI Technology, Rowman and Littlefield, Maryland, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jill, James, Stoicism when Technology fails: Ancient Step for a Modern Path, Cicero Institute, modern Stoicism.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holiday , Ryan and Hanselman, Stephen , The daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living,(https: \/\/en.m.wikipedia.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n De Haro, Giullielmino, The Stoicism of management(ie-edu\/insights\/articles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pigliucci, Massimo and Lopes, Gregory: A Handbook for New Stoics. How to thrive in a World out of your Control. 52 week by week Lessons(e-book)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eleni Karabatzaki, Associate Professor of History of Philosophy (ret.) University of Ioannina Stoicism is one of the three new philosophical schools , which appeared during the hellenistic times as a response to the newly emerged socio-political needs of an “oecumenic” age(the other two being Epicureanism and ancient Scepticism). The main focus of all three was…<\/span><\/p>\n