Technology and Values Essential Readings [Paperback]

This anthology features essays and book excerpts on technology and values written by preeminent figures in the field from the early 20th century to the present. It offers an in-depth range of readings on important applied issues in technology as well.

• Useful in addressing questions on philosophy, sociology, and theory of technology
• Includes wide-ranging coverage on metaphysics, ethics, and politics, as well as issues relating to gender, biotechnology, everyday artifacts, and architecture
• A good supplemental text for courses on moral or political problems in which contemporary technology is a unit of focus
• An accessible and thought-provoking book for beginning and advanced undergraduates; yet also a helpful resource for graduate students and academics

List of figures

Acknowledgments

Source Acknowledgments

General Introduction

Section One: Theoretical Reflections on Technology

Part I: Introductory Considerations of Technology

1. Toward a Philosophy of Technology: Hans Jonas

2. Four Philosophies of Technology: Alan R. Drengson

3. The Relation of Science and Technology to Human Values: William W.Lowrance

4. A Collective of Humans and Nonhumans: Bruno Latour

5. Technology and Ethics: Kristen Shrader-Frechette

Part II: Considering the Autonomy of Technology

6. The Autonomy of Technology: Jacques Ellul

7. Artifice and Order: Langdon Winner

8. The Autonomy of Technology: Joseph Pitt

Part III: Existential and Phenomenological Considerations

9. The Question Concerning Technology: Martin Heidegger

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