Martin Peterson

The Ethics of Technology

A Geometric Analysis of Five Moral Principles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190652265
• ISBN-10: 0190652268
• Artikelnr.: 47865477

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part 1: Foundations
1. Introduction
2. The Geometry of Applied Ethics
3. Experimental Data
Part II: Five Principles
4. The Cost-Benefit Principle
5. The Precautionary Principle
6. The Sustainability Principle
7. The Autonomy Principle
8. The Fairness Principle
Part III: Wrapping Up
9. Are Technological Artifacts Mere Tools?
10. Conclusion
Appendix: Case Descriptions
References