Ethics in Technology A Philosophical Study [Hardcover]

Overall, Heikker? succeeds in identifying an amazing number of issues in an accessible way...In fundamental ways, Heikker? is surely right. We cannot continue to treat science, technology, and ethics traditionally and unreflectively. Nor can we continue to separate technoscience studies into applied ethics, phenomenologies and sociologies of the particular, and Big Question philosophies. Heikker? makes the case for their integration with an impressive amount of material, in accessible prose, accompanied by sensible criticisms.Heikker?s book has several qualities. First of all, it is well-written: it manages to be clear, to limit the use of jargon and to always explain technical terms. This is an important quality that makes it suitable both for teaching purposes and for a non-specialised audience. The second important merit of the book is that it tackles extremely important issues and questions. In the age of the Anthropocene and global climate change, at a time when the radical lifestyle and cultural changes effected by the internet strike any parent who struggles to make sense of the life of their digital native offspring, the questions of how radical and fundamental is the impact of technologies on human life and how should we live with these technologies can no longer be ignored. Heikker?s book provides many valuable concepts and ideas for thinking more deeply about how to relate to technology both at an individual and social level. The third outstanding quality of the book is the clear, exhaustive and fair reconstruction of the thought of Jonas, Borgmann and Hickma n. Heikker?s book thus deserves attention and repays the attentive reader.Heikker? ... has made a valuable contribution to how we should think about ethics in a technological age.This book is a godsend for all who ponder the vexing ethical and political questions that confront the new millennium. Drawing upon evidence from the field of science and technology studies, the book explores contributls-