Handbook of Research on Technoethics

The name of this field was coined by Mario Bunge in 1977. It is an extension of the arguments of scientific ethics. Anthropological approach considers social values and improvement of humanity through technology. This includes issues such as privacy, race or identity. Factors may vary among cross-cultural networks so the problem of universalization of interest is examined in the cases of Habermas, and of Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness. The law of technoethics has ethical rights and responsibilities commensurate to social impact and concerns how these are assigned. Applications include education, sport enhancement, biomedical and genetic engineering, nanoscale and military research, AI, healthcare, computers, information and communication, digital citizenship, news media, careers, politics, security, economics, and environment. Regional studies include end-of-life in China, and software piracy in Pakistan and Canada. This two-volume book of 1082 pages originally cost almost five-hundred dollars. Four sections contain fifty three chapters usually having an abstract, intro, coverage, future trends, conclusions, references, key terms and readings. There is a chapter on autonomous artificial moral agency, e.g. the work of Luciano Floridi, which may be of interest regarding questions of proxy. Figures and tables include a conceptual map of technoethics, and a belief systems model for complexity-based ethics and nonviolent resolution of ideological battles.