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Book Synopsis
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


Trade Review

“Overall, Technology and Values represents an excellent collection of readings, ranging from classical yet ever timely readings on the nature of technology itself, to cutting edge articles on recent technological developments in the applied sphere. Due to its unique broad and comprehensive coverage of the subject matter, coupled with its comprehensive bibliography, this book is an excellent tool for both graduate and undergraduate courses.” (Agric Hum Values, 2011)

"For its size and scope this collection docs a remarkable job of addressing a critical need for greater scholarly and public attention to questions of technology and values in contemporary culture. It is a rich and versatile resource for anyone interested in such questions, and this reviewer hopes that future editions will only improve on its virtues." (Technology and Culture, April 2010)



Table of Contents

List of Figures xi

Acknowledgments xii

Source Acknowledgments xiii

General Introduction 1

Craig Hanks

Section One Theoretical Reflections on Technology 7

Part I Introductory Considerations of Technology 9

1 Toward a Philosophy of Technology 11
Hans Jonas

2 Four Philosophies of Technology 26
Alan R. Drengson

3 The Relation of Science and Technology to Human Values 38
William W. Lowrance

4 A Collective of Humans and Nonhumans 49
Bruno Latour

5 Technology and Ethics 60
Kristin Shrader-Frechette

Part II Considering the Autonomy of Technology 65

6 The Autonomy of Technology 67
Jacques Ellul

7 Artifice and Order 76
Langdon Winner

8 The Autonomy of Technology 87
Joseph Pitt

Part III Existential and Phenomenological Considerations 97

9 The Question Concerning Technology 99
Martin Heidegger

10 Man the Technician 114
José Ortega y Gasset

11 Focal Things and Practices 122
Albert Borgmann

12 A Phenomenology of Technics 134
Don Ihde

Part IV Critical Theory 157

13 The New Forms of Control 159
Herbert Marcuse

14 Technical Progress and the Social Life-World 169
Jürgen Habermas

15 The Critical Theory of Technology 176
Andrew Feenberg

Part V Pragmatic Considerations 197

16 Science and Society 199
John Dewey

17 Technology and Community Life 206
Larry Hickman

Part VI Feminist Considerations 223

18 A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century 225
Donna Haraway

19 Technological Ethics in a Different Voice 247
Diane P. Michelfelder

Section Two Applied Reflections on Technology and Value 259

Part VII Technology and Value in Everyday Life 261

Introduction 263

20 The Aesthetic Drama of the Ordinary 265
John McDermott

21 Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving? 272
Judy Wajcman

22 Some Meanings of Automobiles 289
Douglas Browning

Part VIII Values and BioTechnologies 295

Introduction 297

23 How Splendid Technologies Can Go Wrong 299
Daniel Callahan

24 Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children be Immoral? 304
Laura M. Purdy

25 Preventing a Brave New World 311
Leon Kass

26 Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Embryos and Beyond 323
Inmaculada de Melo-Martín and Marin Gillis

27 Food for Thought 335
Nina V. Federoff and Nancy Marie Brown

28 Value Judgments and Risk Comparisons. The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops 347
Paul B. Thompson

Part IX Urban Values 357

Introduction 359

29 The Highway and the City 361
Lewis Mumford

30 Designing Cities and Buildings as if They Were Ethical Choices 369
Jessica Woolliams

31 The Local History of Space 373
Steven Moore

32 Community 385
Joseph Grange

33 Urban Ecological Citizenship 397
Andrew Light

Part X Environmental Values 413

Introduction 415

34 Why Mow? 417
Michael Pollan

35 Technology 423
Lori Gruen

36 Environment, Technology, and Ethics 431
Rajni Kothari

37 The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic 438
J. Baird Callicott

38 Deep Ecology 454
Bill Devall and George Sessions

39 Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique 460
Ramachandra Guha

40 Just Garbage 468
Peter S. Wenz

Part XI Immediate Challenges: Information Technologies, Technological Systems and the Future of Human Values 477

Introduction 479

41 Philosophy of Information Technology 481
Carl Mitcham

42 Into the Electronic Millennium 491
Sven Birkerts

43 Why I Am not Going to Buy a Computer 500
Wendell Berry

44 In the Age of the Smart Machine 504
Shoshana Zuboff

45 The Social Life of Information 510
John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid

46 The Quest for Universal Usability 522
Ben Shneiderman

Bibliography 531

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/04/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405149013, 978-1405149013
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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


      Trade Review

      “Overall, Technology and Values represents an excellent collection of readings, ranging from classical yet ever timely readings on the nature of technology itself, to cutting edge articles on recent technological developments in the applied sphere. Due to its unique broad and comprehensive coverage of the subject matter, coupled with its comprehensive bibliography, this book is an excellent tool for both graduate and undergraduate courses.” (Agric Hum Values, 2011)

      "For its size and scope this collection docs a remarkable job of addressing a critical need for greater scholarly and public attention to questions of technology and values in contemporary culture. It is a rich and versatile resource for anyone interested in such questions, and this reviewer hopes that future editions will only improve on its virtues." (Technology and Culture, April 2010)



      Table of Contents

      List of Figures xi

      Acknowledgments xii

      Source Acknowledgments xiii

      General Introduction 1

      Craig Hanks

      Section One Theoretical Reflections on Technology 7

      Part I Introductory Considerations of Technology 9

      1 Toward a Philosophy of Technology 11
      Hans Jonas

      2 Four Philosophies of Technology 26
      Alan R. Drengson

      3 The Relation of Science and Technology to Human Values 38
      William W. Lowrance

      4 A Collective of Humans and Nonhumans 49
      Bruno Latour

      5 Technology and Ethics 60
      Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      Part II Considering the Autonomy of Technology 65

      6 The Autonomy of Technology 67
      Jacques Ellul

      7 Artifice and Order 76
      Langdon Winner

      8 The Autonomy of Technology 87
      Joseph Pitt

      Part III Existential and Phenomenological Considerations 97

      9 The Question Concerning Technology 99
      Martin Heidegger

      10 Man the Technician 114
      José Ortega y Gasset

      11 Focal Things and Practices 122
      Albert Borgmann

      12 A Phenomenology of Technics 134
      Don Ihde

      Part IV Critical Theory 157

      13 The New Forms of Control 159
      Herbert Marcuse

      14 Technical Progress and the Social Life-World 169
      Jürgen Habermas

      15 The Critical Theory of Technology 176
      Andrew Feenberg

      Part V Pragmatic Considerations 197

      16 Science and Society 199
      John Dewey

      17 Technology and Community Life 206
      Larry Hickman

      Part VI Feminist Considerations 223

      18 A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century 225
      Donna Haraway

      19 Technological Ethics in a Different Voice 247
      Diane P. Michelfelder

      Section Two Applied Reflections on Technology and Value 259

      Part VII Technology and Value in Everyday Life 261

      Introduction 263

      20 The Aesthetic Drama of the Ordinary 265
      John McDermott

      21 Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving? 272
      Judy Wajcman

      22 Some Meanings of Automobiles 289
      Douglas Browning

      Part VIII Values and BioTechnologies 295

      Introduction 297

      23 How Splendid Technologies Can Go Wrong 299
      Daniel Callahan

      24 Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children be Immoral? 304
      Laura M. Purdy

      25 Preventing a Brave New World 311
      Leon Kass

      26 Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Embryos and Beyond 323
      Inmaculada de Melo-Martín and Marin Gillis

      27 Food for Thought 335
      Nina V. Federoff and Nancy Marie Brown

      28 Value Judgments and Risk Comparisons. The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops 347
      Paul B. Thompson

      Part IX Urban Values 357

      Introduction 359

      29 The Highway and the City 361
      Lewis Mumford

      30 Designing Cities and Buildings as if They Were Ethical Choices 369
      Jessica Woolliams

      31 The Local History of Space 373
      Steven Moore

      32 Community 385
      Joseph Grange

      33 Urban Ecological Citizenship 397
      Andrew Light

      Part X Environmental Values 413

      Introduction 415

      34 Why Mow? 417
      Michael Pollan

      35 Technology 423
      Lori Gruen

      36 Environment, Technology, and Ethics 431
      Rajni Kothari

      37 The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic 438
      J. Baird Callicott

      38 Deep Ecology 454
      Bill Devall and George Sessions

      39 Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique 460
      Ramachandra Guha

      40 Just Garbage 468
      Peter S. Wenz

      Part XI Immediate Challenges: Information Technologies, Technological Systems and the Future of Human Values 477

      Introduction 479

      41 Philosophy of Information Technology 481
      Carl Mitcham

      42 Into the Electronic Millennium 491
      Sven Birkerts

      43 Why I Am not Going to Buy a Computer 500
      Wendell Berry

      44 In the Age of the Smart Machine 504
      Shoshana Zuboff

      45 The Social Life of Information 510
      John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid

      46 The Quest for Universal Usability 522
      Ben Shneiderman

      Bibliography 531

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