Philosophy 2. Technique, monde ... - Google Recherche de Livres. Del.icio.us/login. Computing and Moral Responsibility. First published Wed Jul 18, 2012 Traditionally philosophical discussions on moral responsibility have focused on the human components in moral action. Accounts of how to ascribe moral responsibility usually describe human agents performing actions that have well-defined, direct consequences. In today's increasingly technological society, however, human activity cannot be properly understood without making reference to technological artifacts, which complicates the ascription of moral responsibility (Jonas 1984; Waelbers 2009).[1] As we interact with and through these artifacts, they affect the decisions that we make and how we make them (Latour 1992).
They persuade, facilitate and enable particular human cognitive processes, actions or attitudes, while constraining, discouraging and inhibiting others. Computing presents a particular case for understanding the role of technology in moral responsibility. 1. Moral responsibility is about human action and its consequences. 1.3 Free to act. 4S Annual Meeting. The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a nonprofit, professional association. It was founded in 1975 and now has an international membership of over 1200. The main purpose of 4S is to bring together those interested in understanding science, technology, and medicine, including the way they develop and interact with their social contexts.
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Arthur Kroker I. White Walls/Black Holes This is because the two groups (the schiz and the paranoiac) are like determinism and freedom in Kant's philosophy: they indeed have the same "object" - and social production is never anything more than desiring-production and vice-versa - but they don't share the same law, the same regime. - Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus Machines everywhere. How could it be otherwise? And not uncritical texts, but just the opposite. In this confession, the dark shadow of Nietzsche is everywhere. II. Anyway, Why fear? And it is to recognize as well the deep affinity between feminism and the rhizomatic perspective of Deleuze and Guattari. Reverse Transcript - Hyperlink to Donna Haraway. Theory of Technology. Andrew Feenberg's Home Page.