Overview
- Takes a proactive attitude towards dealing with complex new technology developments
- Focus on uncertainty in ethics and technology, which is, contrary to the concept of risk, highly underappreciated in this field
- Different methodological approaches to dealing with uncertainty
Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 3)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Evaluating New Technologies: An Introduction
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A Case Study: Ultrafast Communication
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Evaluating New Technologies: Methodological Issues
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Evaluating New Technologies: Uncertainty and Precaution
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Book Title: Evaluating New Technologies
Book Subtitle: Methodological Problems for the Ethical Assessment of Technology Developments.
Editors: Paul Sollie, Marcus Düwell
Series Title: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2229-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2228-8Published: 15 April 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8477-4Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2229-5Published: 03 April 2009
Series ISSN: 1875-0044
Series E-ISSN: 1875-0036
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 205
Topics: Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary