Technoethics and the Evolving Knowledge Society: Ethical Issues in Technological Design, Research, Development, and Innovation: Ethical Issues in Technological Design, Research, Development, and InnovationLuppicini, Rocci Recently, there has been a major push to rediscover the ethical dimension of technology across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Technoethics and the Evolving Knowledge Society: Ethical Issues in Technological Design, Research, Development, and Innovation examines human processes and practices connected to technology embedded within social, political, and moral spheres of life. This innovative publication engages readers in critical debates connected to the ethical dimensions of a technological society through insightful examinations, theories, and research findings not covered by any other text to date. |
Contents
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Technoethics | 24 |
TechnologicalConsciousness andMoral Agency | 47 |
Technology Assessmentand Technoethics Inquiry | 67 |
The Nature andAreas of TechnoethicalInquiry | 86 |
Information andCommunicationTechnoethics | 108 |
Biomedical Technoethics | 128 |
Engineering andEnvironmentalTechnoethics | 146 |
The Case of GlobalTechnology inSouth Africa | 211 |
Global Technoethicsand Cultural Tensionsin Canada | 225 |
The Case of ETechnologyABuse at Work | 237 |
The Future ofTechnoethics | 249 |
Interviews with Experts in the Fieldof Technoethics | 254 |
Glossary | 290 |
about the authors | 297 |
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