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The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014) Loot Price: R3,628
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The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014): Peter Kroes, Peter-Paul...

The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

Peter Kroes, Peter-Paul Verbeek

Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 17

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This book considers the question: to what extent does it make sense to qualify technical artefacts as moral entities? The authors’ contributions trace recent proposals and topics including instrumental and non-instrumental values of artefacts, agency and artefactual agency, values in and around technologies, and the moral significance of technology.  The editors’ introduction explains that as ‘agents’ rather than simply passive instruments, technical artefacts may actively influence their users, changing the way they perceive the world, the way they act in the world and the way they interact with each other.  This volume features the work of various experts from around the world, representing a variety of positions on the topic. Contributions explore the contested discourse on agency in humans and artefacts, defend the Value Neutrality Thesis by arguing that technological artefacts do not contain, have or exhibit values, or argue that moral agency involves both human and non-human elements. The book also investigates technological fields that are subject to negative moral valuations due to the harmful effects of some of their products. It includes an analysis of some difficulties arising in Artificial Intelligence and an exploration of values in Chemistry and in Engineering. The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts is an advanced exploration of the various dimensions of the relations between technology and morality

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 17
Release date: September 2016
First published: 2014
Editors: Peter Kroes • Peter-Paul Verbeek
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13: 978-9402405255
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Engineering: general
Books > Philosophy > General
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LSN: 9402405259
Barcode: 9789402405255

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