Ethical Parallel Research: A Network Approach for Moral Evaluation (NAME)
AbstractResearch and Development (R&D) of new technologies increasingly takes place in networks of different organizations and actors. In this contribution, we present an approach that was...
View ArticleRisk and Responsibility
AbstractWhen a risk materializes, it is common to ask the question: who is responsible for the risk being taken? Despite this intimate connection between risk and responsibility, remarkably little has...
View ArticleMandates and Methods for Early Engagement
AbstractThis introduction to the volume “Early engagement and new technologies: Opening up the laboratory” sets out how recent policy developments have demonstrated a growing interest in early...
View ArticleTranslating Values into Design Requirements
AbstractA crucial step in Value Sensitive Design (VSD) is the translation of values into design requirements. However, few research has been done on how this translation can be made. In this...
View ArticleCan Technology Embody Values?
AbstractUnder the banner of Value Sensitive Design (VSD) various proposals have been put forward in recent times to integrate moral values in technology through design. These proposals suppose that...
View ArticleClarifying the debate on selection methods for engineering: Arrow’s...
AbstractTo demystify the debate about the validity of selection methods that utilize aggregation procedures, it is necessary that contributors to the debate are explicit about (a) their personal goals...
View ArticleDesign for the Value of Responsibility
AbstractThe responsibility of engineers and designers for the products they design is a common topic in engineering ethics and ethics of technology. However, in this chapter we explore what designing...
View ArticleConflicting Values in Design for ValuesDesign for values
AbstractDesigners are regularly confronted with conflicting values in design: different values select different design options as best. This contribution deals with how one can deal with such value...
View ArticleDesign for Values and the Definition, Specification, and Operationalization...
AbstractThis chapter discusses a methodological problem that advocates of design for values have to face. In order to take into account moral values in designing technology, these values have to be...
View ArticleDesign for Values in Engineering
AbstractValues have probably always played a role in engineering design. However, in current practices and design methods, the attention for values in engineering design tends to be implicit and...
View ArticleHuman Well-Being, Nature and Technology. A Comment on Dorato
AbstractIn my paper I react to Mauro Dorato’s contribution to this edited volume. In particular, I argue that two images of nature are at play in popular arguments about how technology may threaten...
View ArticleDesign for Values and the DefinitionValue measurement , SpecificationValue...
AbstractThis chapter discusses a methodological problem that advocates of design for values have to face. In order to take into account moral values in designing technology, these values have to be...
View ArticleDesign for the Value of ResponsibilityResponsibility
AbstractThe responsibility of engineers and designers for the products they design is a common topic in engineering ethics and ethics of technology. However, in this chapter we explore what designing...
View ArticleConflicting ValuesValue conflict in Design for Values
AbstractDesigners are regularly confronted with conflicting values in design: different values select different design options as best. This contribution deals with how one can deal with such value...
View ArticleDesign for Values in Engineering
AbstractValues have probably always played a role in engineering design. However, in current practices and design methods, the attention for values in engineering design tends to be implicit and...
View ArticleDesign for Values: An Introduction
AbstractThe design of new products, public utilities, and the built environment is traditionally seen as a process in which the moral values of users and society hardly play a role. The traditional...
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