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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483636803321

Autore

Cotton Matthew

Titolo

Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach [[electronic resource] /] / by Matthew Cotton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-45088-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, , 2192-6255 ; ; 13

Disciplina

174.96

Soggetti

Philosophy

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Environmental economics

Political economy

Ethics

Environmental law

Environmental policy

Philosophy of Technology

Industrial and Production Engineering

Environmental Economics

International Political Economy

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Risk and public involvement in technology governance -- Ethics and technology -- Pragmatism, public deliberation and technology ethics -- Ethical tools -- Reflective Ethical Mapping -- Opening up ethical dialogue -- Judging and deciding -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with



complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution. In the past two decades there has been a shift towards processes of Participatory Technology Assessment designed to build channels of two-way communication between technical specialists and non-expert citizens, and to incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives in the governance of contentious technology programmes. This participatory turn has spurred a need for new tools and techniques to encourage group deliberation and capture public values, moral and choices.  This book specifically examines the ethical dimensions of controversial technologies, and discusses how these can be evaluated in a philosophically robust manner when the ones doing the deliberating are not ethicists, legal or technical experts. Grounded in philosophical pragmatism and drawing upon empirical work in partnership with citizen-stakeholders, this book presents a model called “Reflective Ethical Mapping” - a new meta-ethical framework and toolbox of techniques to facilitate citizen engagement with technology ethics.