Original title: On the Influences of Technology on Morality
Translated title: Influences of technological artifacts on morality
Authors: ARZROOMCHILAR, Ehsan
Document type: Doctoral theses
Year: 2022
Language: cze
Abstract: Technology is such ubiquitous today that one barely can contact the world around where no artefact is involved. The most basic needs of humans, e.g., food and shelter, hinge heavily upon artefacts. Now, what are the consequences of the current technologically-saturated surroundings on morals? To answer the question, in my writing, I have gone through different traditions as well as movements to figure out how to accommodate moral dimensions of technology. Ultimately I have suggested to integrate the relevant pieces of two movements of Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) as well as ctor-Network-Theory (ANT) into postphenomenology. Further, I have also proposed a three-stage schema for moralization of technology along the process of the design of technology. The schema consists of a descriptive stage, an evaluative stage, and an imperative stage. In the descriptive stage designers need to provide an illustration of what a particular technology brings about. In the second stage, they are supposed to evaluate the description provided in stage one. And in the last stage, they must embed the insights into the technology in question. The work closes its tale by an application of the schema on a case study.
Keywords: ANT; Ethics; Morality; Postphenomenology; SCOT; STS; Technology
Citation: ARZROOMCHILAR, Ehsan. On the Influences of Technology on Morality. České Budějovice, 2022. disertační práce (Ph.D.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Teologická fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
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