Ethics of Technology
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An Ethics of Technology is a branch of applied ethics that examines the moral considerations and principles surrounding the development and use of technology
- Context:
- It can range from being privacy ethics in data collection to being ethical considerations in artificial intelligence.
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- See: Mass Technological Unemployment, Technological Evolution, Nuclear Weapon, Cloning, Law, Privacy, Internet.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_technology#Definitions Retrieved:2023-9-4.
- Ethics address the issues of what is 'right', what is 'just', and what is 'fair'. Ethics describe moral principles influencing conduct; accordingly, the study of ethics focuses on the actions and values of people in society (what people do and how they believe they should act in the world).[1]
- Technology is the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment; it may draw upon a variety of fields, including industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science. [2] Technology "is core to human development and a key focus for understanding human life, society and human consciousness."[1]
- Using theories and methods from multiple domains, technoethics provides insights on ethical aspects of technological systems and practices, examines technology-related social policies and interventions, and provides guidelines for how to ethically use new advancements in technology.[1] Technoethics provides a systems theory and methodology to guide a variety of separate areas of inquiry into human-technological activity and ethics.[1] Moreover, the field unites both technocentric and bio-centric philosophies, providing "conceptual grounding to clarify the role of technology to those affected by it and to help guide ethical problem solving and decision making in areas of activity that rely on technology."[1] As a bio-techno-centric field, technoethics "has a relational orientation to both technology and human activity";[1] it provides "a system of ethical reference that justifies that profound dimension of technology as a central element in the attainment of a 'finalized' perfection of man."[3]