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Technology ethics : responsible innovation and design strategies / Steven Umbrello.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Umbrello, Steven, 1993- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Steven Umbrello's book explores the intersection of technology, ethics, and design, focusing on responsible innovation. It examines how technologies embody values, using examples like Robert Moses' parkways to illustrate how infrastructure can reflect societal biases. The book delves into the philosophical perspectives on technology, including instrumentalism, determinism, and social constructivism, and argues for a dynamic understanding of technology as interconnected systems. Umbrello highlights the importance of embedding ethical considerations into technology design, using examples such as AI systems like IBM's Watson to show the consequences of neglecting core human values. The intended audience includes scholars and practitioners interested in technology ethics and design. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Technology and Society
- This Book
- 2 Instrumentalism
- Technologies as Tools
- Guns
- Only Kinda Neutral
- Down but Not Out
- The Departure of Boromir
- 3 Technological Determinism
- The Inevitable March of Progress
- Flavors of Technological Determinism
- From the Stirrup to Mass Media
- Critiques of Technological Determinism
- The Social Construction of Technology
- 4 Social Constructivism
- Technologies are What We Make Them
- The Principle of Symmetry
- Not Just a Theory
- Some Pitfalls
- Thinking with Fiction
- 5 The Design Turn
- Our Dwellings Shape Us
- Who’s Responsible?
- The Design Turn
- Choices, Nudges, and Architectures Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Umbrello, Steven Technology Ethics
- ISBN:
- 9781509564712
- OCLC:
- 1439597451
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