New Perspectives on Technology in Society

Taylor & Francis

New Perspectives on Technology in SocietyExperimentation Beyond the Laboratory\nAuthor(s): Ibo van de Poel, Lotte Asveld, Donna Mehos\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138204010, 978-1138204010\nSynopsis\nThe development and introduction of a new technology to society can be viewed as an experimental process, full of uncertainties, which are only gradually reduced as the technology is employed. Unexpected developments may trigger an experimental process in which society must find new ways to deal with the uncertainties posed. \n\nThis book explores how the experimental perspective determines what ethical issues new technologies raise and how it helps morally evaluate their introduction. Expert contributors highlight the uncertainties that accompany the process, identify the social and ethical challenges they give rise to, and propose strategies to manage them. \n\nFocusing on the introduction of new technologies a.