{"product_id":"9789400779136","title":"Philosophy of Engineering and Technology","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePhilosophy of Engineering and Technology\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKroes, Peter; Verbeek, Peter-Paul\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book considers the question: to what extent does it make sense to qualify technical artefacts as moral entities? The authors’ contributions trace recent proposals and topics including instrumental and non-instrumental values of artefacts, agency and artefactual agency, values in and around technologies, and the moral significance of technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors’ introduction explains that as ‘agents’ rather than simply passive instruments, technical artefacts may actively influence their users, changing the way they perceive the world, the way they act in the world and the way they interact with each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume features the work of various experts from around the world, representing a variety of positions on the topic. Contributions explore the contested discourse on agency in humans and artefacts, defend the Value Neutrality Thesis by arguing that technological artefacts do not contain, have or exhibit values, or argue that moral agency involves both human andnon-human elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also investigates technological fields that are subject to negative moral valuations due to the harmful effects of some of their products. It includes an analysis of some difficulties arising in Artificial Intelligence and an exploration of values in Chemistry and in Engineering. \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Status of Technical Artefacts \u003c\/i\u003eis an advanced exploration of the various dimensions of the relations between technology and morality\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-01-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789400779136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-007-7914-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 248\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44480468385932,"sku":"9789400779136","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789400779136.jpg?v=1776459885","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789400779136","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}