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Digital technologies, now ubiquitous around the world, can promote
positive values, as well as support less socially accepted values.
To better understand such technologies’ impact on ethics and
sustainability, this book situates digital technologies within a
cultural context, arguing that the technology is received
differently in different cultural contexts. The book contains
chapters on state-of-the-art digital technologies such as
artificial intelligence from various countries including Japan and
Sweden to highlight the multifarious ways in how ethical and
sustainability issues are being manifested in certain cultural
contexts. The book contributes to furthering understandings on the
similarities and differences between digital technology
implementations in different cultures, promoting a cross-cultural
dialogue on desired values and how they are promoted or downplayed
by such technologies. The book is divided into two parts: the
former focuses on how individuals relate to new digital
technologies, and the latter focuses on those who develop digital
technologies. The book targets scholars, businesspeople and
policymakers interested in the interconnection between digital
technologies, ethics and sustainability from various cultural
viewpoints. It provides new case studies on a range of digital
technologies and discussions about digital technology
implementations in cultural contexts.
This book explores the relevance of Japanese ethics for the field
of ethics of technology. It covers the theories of Japanese
ethicists such as Nishida Kitaro, Watsuji Tetsuro, Imamichi
Tomonobu, Yuasa Yasuo, as well as more contemporary ethicists, and
explores their relevance for the analysis of energy technologies,
ICT, robots, and geoengineering. It features contributions from
Japanese scholars, and international scholars who have applied
Japanese ethics to problems in the global condition. Technological
development is considered to cause new ethical issues, such as
genetically modified organisms fostering monocultures,
nanotechnologies causing issues of privacy, as well as health and
environmental issues, robotics raising issues about the meaning of
humanity, and the risks of nuclear power, as witnessed in the
Fukushima disaster. At the same time, technology embodies a hope
for mankind, such as ICT improving relationships between human
beings and nature, and smart systems assisting humans in leading a
more ethical and environmentally friendly life. This book explores
these ethical issues and their impact from a Japanese perspective.
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