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New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics

Theoretical and Practical

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

    1. Faculty of Humanities, University of A Coruña, Ferrol, Spain

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  • New approach to the role of values in technology as value-laden
  • A combination of theoretical reflection and analysis of practical issues related to engineering and technology
  • New views on responsibility in decision making on biotechnology and chemical arms

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 315)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. On the Role of Values in the Configuration of Technology: From Axiology to Ethics

      • Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
      Pages 3-27

    3. Values in Engineering and Technology

      • Ibo van de Poel
      Pages 29-46

    4. Values Regarding Results of the Information and Communication Technologies: Internal Values

      • Paula Neira
      Pages 47-60

  3. Rationality and Responsibility in Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Rationality in Technology and in Ethics

      • Carl Mitcham
      Pages 63-87

    3. Knowledge and Moral Responsibility for Online Technologies

      • Juan Bautista Bengoetxea
      Pages 89-103

    4. Risk, Uncertainty, and the Dimensions of Technological Rationality

      • Amparo Gómez
      Pages 105-121

    5. Biotechnology, Ethics, and Society: The Case of Genetic Manipulation

      • Vicente Bellver Capella
      Pages 123-143

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 197-219
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This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values. This topic involves the analysis of internal values in technology (as they affect objectives, processes, and outcomes) and the study of external values in technology (social, cultural, economic, ecological, etc.). These values — internal and external — are crucial to the decision making of engineers. In addition, they have increasing relevance for citizens concerned with the present and future state of technology, which gives society a leading position in technological issues. The book follows three main lines of research: 1) new perspectives on technology, values, and ethics; 2) rationality and responsibility in technology; and 3) technology and risks. This volume analyzes the two main sides involved here: the theoretical basis for the role of values in technology and a practical discussion on how to implement them in our society. Thus, the book is of interest for philosophers, engineers, academics of different fields and policy-makers. The style used lends itself to broad audience.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Humanities, University of A Coruña, Ferrol, Spain

    Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

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