Technology Ethics: a philosophical introduction and readings
- New York Routledge 2023
Table of content: Part I: Perspectives on Technology and Its Value
1. The Definition of Technology Val Dusek
2. Value-free Technology? Joseph Pitt
3. The Values Built Into Technologies David Morrow
4. Technological Determinism: What It Is and Why It Matters Sally Wyatt
5. Heidegger’s Philosophy of Technology David Cerbone
6. Postphenomenology and Ethics Peter-Paul Verbeek
7. Technology and the Extended Mind Shaun Gallagher
Part II: Technology and the Good Life
8. Ethical Theory and Technology Jonathan Y. Tsou and Kate Padgett Walsh
9. Disagreeing Well about Technology Daniel Russell
10. Technology and the Virtue of Honesty Christian B. Miller
11. Confucian Ethics of Technology Qin Zhu
12. Utilitarianism and Happy-People-Pills Mark A. Walker
13. Marxist Perspectives on Technology Tony Smith
14. Technology and Trust: A Kantian Approach Bjørn K. Myskja
Part III: Computer and Information Technology
15. Values in Artificial Intelligence Systems Justin Biddle
16. A Kantian Course Correction for Machine Ethics Ava Thomas Wright
17. Ethical Issues Surrounding Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Mental Health: Psychotherapy Chatbots Şerife Tekin 18. Privacy, Security, and Surveillance Adam D. Moore
19. Being-in-the-screen: Phenomenological Reflections on Contemporary Screenhood Lucas Introna and Fernando Ilharco
20. Race, Gender, and Visibility on Social Media Megan Rim
21. Fake News: There’s No App for Truthfulness Axel Gelfert
Part IV: Technology in Business
22. Adam Smith on the Dangers of the Digital World James R. Otteson
23. Social Media Firms, Echo Chambers, and the Good Life Gregory Robson
24. Data Science and Business Ethics David C. Rose
25. Technology Firms and the Business Case for Diversity Adam Gjesdal
26. Big Tech & Political Equality Saura Masconale and Simone M. Sepe
27. AI and the Law: Can the Legal System Help Us Maximize Paperclips and Minimize Deaths? Mihailis E. Diamantis, Rebekah Cochran, and Miranda Dam
Part V: Technology in Medicine and Sport
28. Biomedical Technology and the Ethics of Enhancement Daniel Moseley and Christina Murray
29. Genetic Enhancement: Just Say Yes Jason Brennan
30. Feminism and the Ethics of Reprogenetic Technologies Inmaculada de Melo-Martin
31. Rethinking Ethical Subjectivity in the Biomedical Treatment of HIV Risk Emerich Daroya and Stuart J. Murray
32. Against Doping in Sport John William Devine [https://www.routledge.com/Technology-Ethics-A-Philosophical-Introduction-and-Readings/Robson-Tsou/p/book/9781032038704]
The first of its kind, this anthology in the burgeoning field of technology ethics offers students and other interested readers 32 chapters, each written in an accessible and lively manner specifically for this volume. The chapters are conveniently organized into five parts:
Perspectives on Technology and its Value Technology and the Good Life Computer and Information Technology Technology and Business Biotechnologies and the Ethics of Enhancement A hallmark of the volume is multidisciplinary contributions both (1) in "analytic" and "continental" philosophies and (2) across several hot-button topics of interest to students, including the ethics of autonomous vehicles, psychotherapeutic phone apps, and bio-enhancement of cognition and in sports. The volume editors, both teachers of technology ethics, have compiled a set of original and timely chapters that will advance scholarly debate and stimulate fascinating and lively classroom discussion.
Downloadable eResources (available from www.routledge.com/9781032038704) provide a glossary of all relevant terms, sample classroom activities/discussion questions relevant for chapters, and links to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries and other relevant online materials.
Key Features:
Examines the most pivotal ethical questions around our use of technology, equipping readers to better understand technology’s promises and perils. Explores throughout a central tension raised by technological progress: maintaining social stability vs. pursuing dynamic social improvements. Provides ample coverage of the pressing issues of free speech and productive online discourse. (https://www.routledge.com/Technology-Ethics-A-Philosophical-Introduction-and-Readings/Robson-Tsou/p/book/9781032038704)
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