Ethics of technology
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The ethics of technology is a sub-field of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age, the transitional shift in society wherein personal computers and subsequent devices provide for the quick and easy transfer of information. Technology ethics is the application of ethical thinking to the growing concerns of technology as new technologies continue to rise in prominence[1].
The topic has evolved as technologies have developed. Technology poses an ethical dilemma on producers and consumers alike.
The subject of technoethics, or the ethical implications of technology, have been studied by different philosophers such as Hans Jonas and Mario Bunge.
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See also
- Algorithmic bias
- Democratic transhumanism
- Engineering ethics
- Ethics of artificial intelligence
- Information ethics
- Information privacy
- Organizational technoethics
- Philosophy of technology
- Robotic governance
- Techno-progressivism
- Technocriticism
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