The Ethics of Technology
Methods and Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 8. March 2017
278 pages
978-1-78348-659-5 (ISBN)
Description
Our daily lives are affected by new technologies at an ever increasing rate. It is becoming more and more important to assess future technologies from an ethical point of view, and to do this before they are introduced on a massive scale. Such assessments require systematic use of many different kinds of knowledge.
In this important new book, an international team of leading experts in the field provides the first comprehensive treatment of the methods available for ethical assessments of technologies and their social introduction. The book explores how information from empirical research can be used in ethical analyses of technology and includes chapters showing how ethical analysis can shed light on topics such as privacy, risk, sustainability, dual use, gender issues, justice, international technology transfer, and the responsibility of engineers. It provides an invaluable resource for students in the philosophy and ethics of technology, science and technology studies, applied ethics, bioethics, business ethics and the ethics of computing.
In this important new book, an international team of leading experts in the field provides the first comprehensive treatment of the methods available for ethical assessments of technologies and their social introduction. The book explores how information from empirical research can be used in ethical analyses of technology and includes chapters showing how ethical analysis can shed light on topics such as privacy, risk, sustainability, dual use, gender issues, justice, international technology transfer, and the responsibility of engineers. It provides an invaluable resource for students in the philosophy and ethics of technology, science and technology studies, applied ethics, bioethics, business ethics and the ethics of computing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
5 b/w illustrations; 5 tables; 7 textboxes
ISBN-13
978-1-78348-659-5 (9781783486595)
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Person
Sven Ove Hansson is Professor of the Philosophy of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. He is a past president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. His many publications include The Ethics of Risk (2013), Social and Ethical Aspects of Radiation Risk Management (2013, co-edited with Deborah Oughton), Norms in Technology (2013, co-edited with Marc J. de Vries and Anthonie W.M. Meijers), David Makinson on Classical Methods for Non-Classical Problems (2014), and The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives (forthcoming).
Content
Preface / Preview / 1. Introduction: Theories and methods for the ethics of technology Sven Ove Hansson /Part I Perspectives/ 2. Ethics of sustainability - an analytical approach Christine Rösch /3. International technology transfer Anthony I. Akubue / 4. Technology and distributive justice Sven Ove Hansson /5. Phenomenological approaches to technological ethics Robert Rosenberger / 6. Profession as a lens for studying technology Michael Davis / Part II Tools / 7. Case study methodologies Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn / 8. Ethical tools Payam Moula and Per Sandin / 9. Responsibility analysis Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist / 10. Privacy analysis - privacy impact assessment Stefan Strauß / 11. Ethical risk analysis Sven Ove Hansson Part III Emerging technologies/ 12. Ethics of emerging technologies Philip Brey / 13. Designing differently: Toward a methodology for an ethics of feminist technology design Diane Michelfelder, Galit Wellner, and Heather Wiltse / 14. Value-sensitive design and responsible research and innovation Judith Simon / Part IV Ethical reflections
15. The ethics of doing ethics of technology Sven Ove Hansson / List of contributors / Index
15. The ethics of doing ethics of technology Sven Ove Hansson / List of contributors / Index
