Introduction: The moral status of technical artefacts

Peter Kroes; Peter P.C.C. Verbeek

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7914-3_1

Introduction: The moral status of technical artefacts

Peter Kroes, Peter P.C.C. Verbeek

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Abstract

In recent decades, discussions about the question of how to morally assess technology and its influence on human beings have taken a new, intriguing twist. Issues about the moral status of technology -in the sense of whether technology itself or its influence on human life may be evaluated as morally good or bad- have a long history. But recently, various proposals have been put forward to ascribe some form of moral agency to technology, more in particular to technical artefacts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The moral status of technical artefacts
Editors	Peter Kroes, Peter-Paul Verbeek
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-9
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	978-04-007-7913-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7914-3_1
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Philosophy of engineering and technology
Publisher	Springer
Number	17

Keywords

METIS-300508
IR-92449

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