Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cotton, Matthew (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 13
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Political economy.; Ethics.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental economics.; Philosophy of Technology.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Environmental Economics.; Political Economy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution. In the past two decades there has been a shift towards processes of Participatory Tec...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• List of abbreviations
• Risk and public involvement in technology governance
• Ethics and technology
• Pragmatism, public deliberation and technology ethics
• Ethical tools
• Reflective Ethical Mapping
• Opening up ethical dialogue
• Judging and deciding
• Conclusions.