Moralizing Technology - Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things

Informationen zum Autor Peter-Paul Verbeek is professor of philosophy of technology at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, extraordinary professor (Socrates chair) of philosophy of human enhancement at Delft University of Technology, and chairman of the Young Academy, a division of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design . Klappentext A 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, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Zusammenfassung A 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! it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines.

Product details

• Authors: Peter-Paul Verbeek, Verbeek Peter-Paul
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780226852935
• ISBN: 978-0-226-85293-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Technology: general issues, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy