The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future - Couverture rigide

Jasanoff, Sheila

 
9780393078992: The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 039307899X ISBN 13 : 9780393078992
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2016

Synopsis

Sheila Jasanoff boldly charts society's embrace of technological solutions and technology's complex interplay with ethics and human rights. Specifically, she dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs to gene therapy, biomedicine has challenged traditional definitions of life and death and raised difficult questions, such as who owns our genetic information. The Internet has redefined privacy, with social media and search giants operating as new, all-powerful "data oligarchs," while cyber warfare has weakened the boundaries of the nation-state. Jasanoff shows that, far from being an amoral or apolitical force, technology has important consequences for government of, by, and for the people. The Ethics of Invention challenges us to build a future in which we work together-in open, democratic dialogue-to manage the risks and promises of technology.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sheila Jasanoff is professor of science and technology studies at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of many books on technology, including The Ethics of Invention, Science and Public Reason and Designs on Nature. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
039307899X
ISBN 13 
9780393078992
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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