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The Ethics of Technology. A Geometric Analysis of Five Moral Principles.
Martin Peterson
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Hardback. In this analytically oriented work, Peterson articulates and defends five moral principles for addressing ethical issues related to new and existing technologies: the cost-benefit principle, the precautionary principle, the sustainability principle, the autonomy principle, and the fairness principle. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Autonomous cars, drones, and electronic surveillance systems are examples of technologies that raise serious ethical issues. In this analytic investigation, Martin Peterson articulates and defends five moral principles for addressing ethical issues related to new and existing technologies: the cost-benefit principle, the precautionary principle, the sustainability principle, the autonomy principle, and the fairness principle. It is primarily the method developed by Peterson for articulating and analyzing the five principles that is novel. He argues that geometric concepts such as points, lines, and planes can be put to work for clarifying the structure and scope of these and other moral principles. ... Read more
Autonomous cars, drones, and electronic surveillance systems are examples of technologies that raise serious ethical issues. In this analytic investigation, Martin Peterson articulates and defends five moral principles for addressing ethical issues related to new and existing technologies: the cost-benefit principle, the precautionary principle, the sustainability principle, the autonomy principle, and the fairness principle. It is primarily the method developed by Peterson for articulating and analyzing the five principles that is novel. He argues that geometric concepts such as points, lines, and planes can be put to work for clarifying the structure and scope of these and other moral principles. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190652265
SKU
V9780190652265
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About Martin Peterson
Martin Peterson is Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering in the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. He is the author of The Dimensions of Consequentialism (CUP 2013) and An Introduction to Decision Theory (CUP 2009).
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