ISBN:
9783319218694
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science v.315
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Ser. v.315
Parallel Title:
Print version New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics : Theoretical and Practical
DDC:
100
Keywords:
Philosophy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Technologie
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Ethik
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Wert
Abstract:
Intro -- Prologue New Account for Technology and Its Relation to Values and Ethics Wenceslao J. Gonzalez -- I Contributions to New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics -- II Dealing with Rationality and Responsibility in Technology -- III Theoretical and Practical Orientations on Technology and Risks -- IV On the Present Interest in Technological Doings -- Contents -- Part I: New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics -- Chapter 1: On the Role of Values in the Configuration of Technology: From Axiology to Ethics -- 1.1 Technology and the Framework for Considering Values -- 1.1.1 Values in the Structural Dimension -- 1.1.2 Values in the Dynamic Perspective -- 1.2 Axiology of Technology -- 1.2.1 The Role of "Internal" Values in Technology -- 1.2.2 The Task of "External" Values in Technology -- 1.3 Ethics of Technology -- 1.3.1 The Endogenous Perspective on Ethics of Technology -- 1.3.2 The Exogenous Viewpoint of Ethics of Technology -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Values in Engineering and Technology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Final Versus Instrumental and Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Value -- 2.3 The Neutrality Thesis -- 2.4 Internal Values -- 2.4.1 Technological Enthusiasm -- 2.4.2 Effectiveness and Efficiency -- 2.4.3 Other Internal Engineering Values -- 2.5 External Values -- 2.5.1 Safety and Health -- 2.5.2 Human Well-Being -- 2.5.3 Sustainability -- 2.5.4 Other External Values -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Values Regarding Results of the Information and Communication Technologies: Internal Values -- 3.1 Accessibility -- 3.2 Versatility -- 3.3 Efficacy -- 3.4 Efficiency -- References -- Part II: Rationality and Responsibility in Technology -- Chapter 4: Rationality in Technology and in Ethics -- 4.1 Rationality and Its Diverse Contents -- 4.2 Engineering and Ethical Rationality.
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue New Account for Technology and Its Relation to Values and Ethics Wenceslao J. Gonzalez; I Contributions to New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics; II Dealing with Rationality and Responsibility in Technology; III Theoretical and Practical Orientations on Technology and Risks; IV On the Present Interest in Technological Doings; Contents; Part I: New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics; Chapter 1: On the Role of Values in the Configuration of Technology: From Axiology to Ethics; 1.1 Technology and the Framework for Considering Values
Description / Table of Contents:
1.1.1 Values in the Structural Dimension1.1.2 Values in the Dynamic Perspective; 1.2 Axiology of Technology; 1.2.1 The Role of "Internal" Values in Technology; 1.2.2 The Task of "External" Values in Technology; 1.3 Ethics of Technology; 1.3.1 The Endogenous Perspective on Ethics of Technology; 1.3.2 The Exogenous Viewpoint of Ethics of Technology; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Values in Engineering and Technology; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Final Versus Instrumental and Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Value; 2.3 The Neutrality Thesis; 2.4 Internal Values; 2.4.1 Technological Enthusiasm
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4.2 Effectiveness and Efficiency2.4.3 Other Internal Engineering Values; 2.5 External Values; 2.5.1 Safety and Health; 2.5.2 Human Well-Being; 2.5.3 Sustainability; 2.5.4 Other External Values; 2.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Values Regarding Results of the Information and Communication Technologies: Internal Values; 3.1 Accessibility; 3.2 Versatility; 3.3 Efficacy; 3.4 Efficiency; References; Part II: Rationality and Responsibility in Technology; Chapter 4: Rationality in Technology and in Ethics; 4.1 Rationality and Its Diverse Contents; 4.2 Engineering and Ethical Rationality
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2.1 Use and Convenience Through Obedience to Authority and Company Loyalty4.2.2 Use and Convenience Through Technocratic Leadership and Efficiency; 4.2.3 Use and Convenience Through Public Safety, Health, and Welfare; 4.3 Ethics, Policy, and Rationality; 4.3.1 Policy Itself; 4.3.2 Ethics for Policy; 4.3.3 Policy for Ethics; 4.3.4 Policy Limits; 4.4 Engineering, Technology, and Democratic Society; 4.4.1 Engineering Knowledge; 4.4.2 Policy Ends; 4.4.3 Responsibility of Technoscientists; 4.4.4 Responsibilities of Democratic Citizens; 4.5 Coda; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5: Knowledge and Moral Responsibility for Online Technologies5.1 Practices, Principles, and Virtuality; 5.2 Epistemology: Information and Knowledge; 5.2.1 Cognitive Agency in Online Contexts; 5.2.2 Ethics and Online Social Knowledge; 5.3 Ethics: Norms and Codes for Virtuality; 5.3.1 Morality and Online Knowledge; 5.3.2 Moral Values, Knowledge, and Epistemic Responsibility; 5.4 Technology, Information, and Ethical Codes; References; Chapter 6: Risk, Uncertainty, and the Dimensions of Technological Rationality; 6.1 Context
Description / Table of Contents:
6.2 Instrumental Rationality and Criteria of Effectiveness and Efficiency
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