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Technology and Values

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ISBN-10: 0847686310

ISBN-13: 9780847686315

Edition: 1997

Authors: Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Laura Westra, Danny M. Cohen, Richard DeGeorge, Hubert Dreyfus

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Examining issues surrounding developments in technology, the contributors consider topics such as the effects on privacy of the widespread use of computers to store and retrieve personal information, and the ethics of genetic engineering.
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Book details

List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.96" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Overview: Ethical Studies about Technology
What Is Moral Philosophy?
Technology and Ethical Issues
Introduction and Overview
Heidegger on Gaining a Free Relation to Technology
Technologies as Forms of Life
The Role of Technology in Society
Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals
The Social Construction of Safety
The Political Construction of Technology: A Call for Constructive Technology Assessment
Introduction and Overview
Frankenstein's Problem: Autonomous Technology
Technology, Demography, and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights
Economic Evaluations of Technology
Sociological versus Metascientific Views of Technological Risk Assessment
Introduction and Overview
Engineering Design Research and Social Responsibility
Ethics and Automobile Technology: The Pinto Case
Computers and Privacy
Ethics and Military Technology: Star Wars
Nuclear Technology and Radioactive Waste
Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Pesticide Use
Ethical Issues in Human Genome Research
A "Transgenic Dinner"? Social and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology and Agriculture
Index
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