Ethics on the laboratory floor / edited by Simone van der Burg, Tsjalling Swierstra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burg, Simone V. D., editor.

Swierstra, Tsjalling, 1960- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technology.

Physical Description:

ix, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

People nowadays live in a human-made environment, or technotope. Their lives are entangled with technology. Because technology not only brings gifts but also costs and hazards, it is important to reflect on what good technology is and, indeed, whether a technology contributes to a good life. The ethicists and social scientists united in this volume contribute to a novel approach to ethics and technology that initiates or enhances timely ethical reflection with scientists and engineers. Ethical reflection during research and development can help to anticipate how it can change human (social) like, and evaluate those changes. Ethics on the Laboratory Floor contributes to research decisions, for example with regard to what research goals to pursue, what research lines to prioritise, or how best to design user tests. By joining these deliberations Ethics on the Laboratory Floor helps to realise the best technological alternatives. Book jacket.

Contents:

Moral philosophers in the laboratory

Case studies

Critical perspectives.

Notes:

Include bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137002921

1137002921

OCLC:

852660660