Society, Ethics, and Technology

How do technology innovations create new ethical problems for our society? SOCIETY, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY presents historical, social, and philosophical perspectives on technological change and its social consequences. Providing a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied ethical matters, this anthology encourages you to consider the social effects of the technology that surrounds you in your everyday life.

Preface

ix

How to Use This Book

xi

Introduction: Morton Winston, Children of Invention

1

(20)

Part I: Perspectives on Technological Society

21

(132)

Historical Perspectives

The Great Leap Forward

22

(11)

Jared Diamond

The Invention of Invention

33

(10)

David Landes

Industrial Society and Technological Systems

43

(17)

Ruth Schwartz Cowan

History as Technological Change

60

(9)

Rosalind Williams

Social Perspectives

Women and the Assessment of Technology

69

(14)

Corlann Gee Bush

I'd Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture

83

(8)

Richard Sclove

Artifacts/Ideas and Political Culture

91

(6)

Langdon Winner

Democratic Rationalization

97

(15)

Andrew Feenberg

Philosophical Perspectives

Philosophy and Human Values

112

(7)

Ian Barbour

Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New Task of Ethics

119

(11)

Hans Jonas

Technology and Social Justice

130

(10)

Freeman Dyson

Technological Subversion

140

(13)

David Strong

Part II: Contemporary Technology and the Future

153

(233)

Globalization, Economics, and Human Rights

The New System

154

(8)

Thomas Friedman

International Economics: Unlocking the Mysteries of Globalization

162

(7)

Jeffrey Sachs

In Defense of Globalization

169

(13)

Jagdish Bhagwati

International Forum on Globalization, What Should Be Off-Limits to Globalization?

182

(14)

United Nations, Globalization and Its Impact on the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights

196

(11)

Computers, Robotics, and Information Technology

Universal Robots

207

(9)

Hans Moravec

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us

216

(17)

Bill Joy

Promise and Peril

233

(5)

Ray Kurzweil

Embrace, Don't Relinquish, the Future

238

(6)

Max More

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains

244

(14)

Jay Stanley

Barry Steinhardt

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

A Glimpse of Things to Come

258

(6)

Lee M. Silver

Preventing a Brave New World

264

(12)

Leon Kass

The Case against Perfection

276

(11)

Michael J. Sandel

Trespass

287

(13)

Claire Hope Cummings

Genetic Engineering and the Concept of the Natural

300

(9)

Mark Sagoff

Population, Energy, and The Environment

The Tragedy of the Commons

309

(10)

Garrett Hardin

Stronger Evidence of Human Influence on Climate: The 2001 IPCC Assessment

319

(9)

Kevin E. Trenberth

Charting a New Energy Future

328

(29)

Janet Sawin

A Road Map for Natural Capitalism

357

(13)

Amory B. Lovins

L. Hunter Lovins

Paul Hawken

The Nexus and the Neem Tree

370

(16)

Robert W. Kates

Bibliography

386

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