New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics Theoretical and Practical /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gonzalez, Wenceslao J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 315
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of Technology.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• 1: New Perspectives on Technology, Values and Ethics: 2: On the Role of Values in the Configuration of Technology: From Axiology to Ethics
• 3: Values in Engineering and Technology
• 4: The Value of the Results of Communication and Information Technology: Internal Values
• 5: Rationality and Responsibility in Technology: 6: Rationality in Technology and in Ethics - 7:Knowledge and Moral Responsibility for Online Technology
• 8: Technological Development and Values: Responsibility, Risk and Uncertainty- 9: Biotechnology, Ethics and Society: The Case of Genetic Manipulation
• 10: Technology and Risk: 11: Technological Risks and Ecological Values
• 12: Risk and Trust in Institutions that Regulate Technology: Challenges for a Socially Legitimate Risk Analysis
• 13: The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons.