Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives.
Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to
communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and
cure diseases. But these aids to existence are not simply neutral
instruments: they give shape to what we do and how we experience
the world. And because technology plays such an active role in
shaping our daily actions and decisions, it is crucial, Peter-Paul
Verbeek argues, that we consider the moral dimension of technology.
"Moralizing Technology" offers exactly that: an in-depth study of
the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction
of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as
well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno
Latour, Peter-Paul Verbeek locates morality not just in the human
users of technology but in the interaction between us and our
machines. Verbeek cites concrete examples, including some from his
own life, and compellingly argues for the morality of "things."
Rich and multifaceted, and sure to be controversial, "Moralizing
Technology" will force us all to consider the virtue of new
inventions and to rethink the rightness of the products we use
every day.
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