TY - BOOK ID - 704310 TI - Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach PY - 2014 SN - 3642450881 3642450873 1322138818 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Technological innovations KW - Philosophy. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Breakthroughs, Technological KW - Innovations, Industrial KW - Innovations, Technological KW - Technical innovations KW - Technological breakthroughs KW - Technological change KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Inventions KW - Domestication of technology KW - Innovation relay centers KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology transfer KW - Industrial engineering. KW - Environmental economics. KW - Political economy. KW - Ethics. KW - Environmental law. KW - Philosophy of Technology. KW - Industrial and Production Engineering. KW - Environmental Economics. KW - International Political Economy. KW - Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. KW - Environment law KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental protection KW - Environmental quality KW - Environmental policy KW - Law KW - Sustainable development KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Economics KW - Management engineering KW - Simplification in industry KW - Engineering KW - Value analysis (Cost control) KW - Law and legislation KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Production engineering. KW - Environmental policy. KW - Environment and state KW - Environmental management KW - State and environment KW - Environmental auditing KW - Manufacturing engineering KW - Process engineering KW - Industrial engineering KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:704310 AB - Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution. In the past two decades there has been a shift towards processes of Participatory Technology Assessment designed to build channels of two-way communication between technical specialists and non-expert citizens, and to incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives in the governance of contentious technology programmes. This participatory turn has spurred a need for new tools and techniques to encourage group deliberation and capture public values, moral and choices.  This book specifically examines the ethical dimensions of controversial technologies, and discusses how these can be evaluated in a philosophically robust manner when the ones doing the deliberating are not ethicists, legal or technical experts. Grounded in philosophical pragmatism and drawing upon empirical work in partnership with citizen-stakeholders, this book presents a model called “Reflective Ethical Mapping” - a new meta-ethical framework and toolbox of techniques to facilitate citizen engagement with technology ethics. ER -