Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things
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The non-neutrality of technological design renders technologies as mediators of our relation to others and the world, while people and their sociocultural setting retain an active role in co-producing these mediations, including their moral dimension.
“The non-neutrality of technological design renders technologies as mediators of our relation to others and the world, while retaining the active role of people and their sociocultural setting in co-producing these mediations (Ihde 1990), including their moral dimension (Verbeek 2011).”
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Following the technological mediation approach, this encounter can proceed along the lines of co-shaping moral perceptions, actions and values of people.
“Following the technological mediation approach, this encounter can proceed along the lines of co-shaping moral perceptions, actions (Verbeek 2011) and values of people (Kudina 2019).”
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- Authors
- Verbeek, P.-P.
- Corresponding author
- Verbeek, Peter-Paul
- ORCID
- Verbeek, Peter-Paul
- Venue
- University of Chicago Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2011
- OpenAlex
- W4237895723
- Cited by
- 923
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 29.55
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Technology, Environment, Urban Planning
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
- Keywords
- ethics of technology
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