Society, Ethics, and Technology

by Winston, Morton; Edelbach, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780534585402
• ISBN10: 053458540X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-07
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This anthology presents a variety of historical, social, and philosophical perspectives on technological change and its social consequences, stressing the manner in which technological innovation creates new ethical problems for human civilization. Providing a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied ethical matters, SOCIETY, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY encourages students to critically engage anew the social effects of the technology that surrounds them in their daily lives.

Table of Contents

Part I: PERSPECTIVES ON TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

1. Historical Perspectives

Diamond, "A Great Leap Forward

Burke, "The Pinball Effect

Noble, "A Masculine Millennium

Cowan, "Industrial Society

2. Social Perspectives

Bush, "Women and the Assessment of Technology

Sclove, "I'd Hammer Out Freedom

Winner, "Artifacts/Ideas and Political Culture

Feenberg, "The Limits of Technical Rationality

3. Philosophical Perspectives

Jonas, "Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New tasks of Ethics

Dyson, "Technology and Social Justice

McGinn, "Technology, Demography, and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights

Strong, "Technological Subversion of the Environmental Ethics

Part II: CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE

4. Innovation, Globalization and Human Rights

Sachs, "International Economics: unlocking the Mysteries of Globalization

Postrel, "The One Best Way

Senge and Carstedt, "Innovating Our Way to the Next Industrial Revolution

United Nations, "Globalization and Its Impact on the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights

5. Computers and Information Technology

Edgar, "Computers and Privacy

Moravec, "Universal Robots

Joy, "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us

Kurzweil, "Promise and Peril: Genetics, nanotechnology and robotics in the 21st Century

6. Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, and Reproduction

Wachbroit, "Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning

Wajcman, "Reproductive Technology: Delivered into Men's Hands

Kass, "Preventing a Brave New World

Sagoff, "Genetic Engineering and Concept of the Natural

7. Population, Energy, and the Environment

Harding, "Tragedy of the Commons

Trenberth, "Stronger Evidence of Human Influence on Climate – The 2001 IPCC Assessment

Brown and Flavin, "A New Economy for a New Century

Lovins, "Roadmap for Natural Capitalism