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The Emerging Field of Technoethics

The Emerging Field of Technoethics

Rocci Luppicini
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781605660226|ISBN10: 1605660221|EISBN13: 9781605660233
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch001
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Luppicini, Rocci. "The Emerging Field of Technoethics." Handbook of Research on Technoethics, edited by Rocci Luppicini and Rebecca Adell, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch001

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Luppicini, R. (2009). The Emerging Field of Technoethics. In R. Luppicini & R. Adell (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Technoethics (pp. 1-19). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch001

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Luppicini, Rocci. "The Emerging Field of Technoethics." In Handbook of Research on Technoethics, edited by Rocci Luppicini and Rebecca Adell, 1-19. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch001

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Abstract

Over the last 30 years, an amassing body of work has focused on ethical dimensions of technology in a variety of contexts impacting society. This purpose of this paper is to trace the emergence of this new interdisciplinary field by exploring its conceptual development, important issues, and key areas of current technoethics’ scholarship. The first part of this paper introduces key concepts and provides a skeletal description of its historical background and rationale. The second part of this paper identifies key areas and issues in technoethics in an effort to help inform scholarship in technoethics. This paper is based on the premise that it is of vital importance to encourage dialogue aimed at determining the ethical use of technology, guarding against the misuse of technology, and formulating common principles to help guide new advances in technological development and application to benefit society.

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