Moralizing Technology Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things

Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. But these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments: they give shape to what we do and how we experience the world. And because technology plays such an active role in shaping our daily actions and decisions, it is crucial, Peter-Paul Verbeek argues, that we consider the moral dimension of technology.

ISBN:	9780226852935
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Imprint:	The University of Chicago Press
Published date:	01 Nov 2011
DEWEY:	174.96
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Weight:	316g
Height:	155mm
Width:	229mm
Spine width:	11mm

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