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Katinka Waelbers - Doing Good with Technologies - 9789400736689 - V9789400736689
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Doing Good with Technologies

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Description for Doing Good with Technologies Paperback. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
20th century technologies like cars, the Internet, and the contraceptive pill have altered our actions, changed our perceptions and influenced our moral ideas, for better and worse. Upcoming technologies are bound to fulfill their own unique social roles. How can we advance this social role so that it will support the good live and limit undesired changes? This book explores whether we can take a forward looking responsibility to optimize the social roles of technologies. In doing so, the book discusses three issues: first, it aims to understand the social role of technologies; second, it explores what it means to ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400736689
SKU
V9789400736689
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About Katinka Waelbers
Katinka Waelbers is a researcher at the philosophy department at the Maastricht University. Her research interests range broadly in bio-ethics, philosophy of technology, environmental philosophy, and political philosophy. She studied Science & Policy (BSc and MSc) and Philosophy (Ba and MSc) at the Utrecht University. She participated in multiple research projects in bio-ethics, environmental ethics, and ethics of technology at ... Read more

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