{"product_id":"technology-and-values-isbn-9781405149013","title":"Technology and Values","description":"This anthology features essays and book excerpts on technology and values written by preeminent figures in the field from the early 20th century to the present. It offers an in-depth range of readings on important applied issues in technology as well.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUseful in addressing questions on philosophy, sociology, and theory of technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes wide-ranging coverage on metaphysics, ethics, and politics, as well as issues relating to gender, biotechnology, everyday artifacts, and architecture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA good supplemental text for courses on moral or political problems in which contemporary technology is a unit of focus\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible and thought-provoking book for beginning and advanced undergraduates; yet also a helpful resource for graduate students and academics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraig Hanks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One Theoretical Reflections on Technology 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introductory Considerations of Technology 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Toward a Philosophy of Technology 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Jonas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Four Philosophies of Technology 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan R. Drengson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Relation of Science and Technology to Human Values 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Lowrance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Collective of Humans and Nonhumans 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruno Latour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Technology and Ethics 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristin Shrader-Frechette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Considering the Autonomy of Technology 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Autonomy of Technology 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacques Ellul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Artifice and Order 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangdon Winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Autonomy of Technology 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Pitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Existential and Phenomenological Considerations 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Question Concerning Technology 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Heidegger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Man the Technician 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosé Ortega y Gasset\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Focal Things and Practices 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbert Borgmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A Phenomenology of Technics 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon Ihde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Critical Theory 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The New Forms of Control 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert Marcuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Technical Progress and the Social Life-World 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Critical Theory of Technology 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Feenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Pragmatic Considerations 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Science and Society 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Dewey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Technology and Community Life 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry Hickman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Feminist Considerations 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Haraway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Technological Ethics in a Different Voice 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane P. Michelfelder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two Applied Reflections on Technology and Value 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Technology and Value in Everyday Life 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Aesthetic Drama of the Ordinary 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn McDermott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving? 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudy Wajcman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Some Meanings of Automobiles 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Browning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Values and BioTechnologies 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 How Splendid Technologies Can Go Wrong 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Callahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children be Immoral? 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura M. Purdy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Preventing a Brave New World 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeon Kass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Embryos and Beyond 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInmaculada de Melo-Martín and Marin Gillis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Food for Thought 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNina V. Federoff and Nancy Marie Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Value Judgments and Risk Comparisons. The Case of Genetically Engineered Crops 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul B. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Urban Values 357\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Highway and the City 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewis Mumford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Designing Cities and Buildings as if They Were Ethical Choices 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Woolliams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Local History of Space 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Community 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Grange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Urban Ecological Citizenship 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Environmental Values 413\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Why Mow? 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Technology 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLori Gruen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Environment, Technology, and Ethics 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRajni Kothari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Baird Callicott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Deep Ecology 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Devall and George Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRamachandra Guha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Just Garbage 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter S. Wenz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Immediate Challenges: Information Technologies, Technological Systems and the Future of Human Values 477\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Philosophy of Information Technology 481\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarl Mitcham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Into the Electronic Millennium 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSven Birkerts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Why I Am not Going to Buy a Computer 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendell Berry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 In the Age of the Smart Machine 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShoshana Zuboff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Social Life of Information 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Seely Brown and Paul Duguid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 The Quest for Universal Usability 522\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Shneiderman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 531\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Overall, Technology and Values represents an excellent collection of readings, ranging from classical yet ever timely readings on the nature of technology itself, to cutting edge articles on recent technological developments in the applied sphere. Due to its unique broad and comprehensive coverage of the subject matter, coupled with its comprehensive bibliography, this book is an excellent tool for both graduate and undergraduate courses.”  (\u003ci\u003eAgric Hum Values\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For its size and scope this collection docs a remarkable job of addressing a critical need for greater scholarly and public attention to questions of technology and values in contemporary culture. It is a rich and versatile resource for anyone interested in such questions, and this reviewer hopes that future editions will only improve on its virtues.\" (\u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCraig Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University-San Marcos, where he is past-chair of the Institutional Review Board. He was previously at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and was Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He specializes in philosophy of technology and applied philosophy, and has taught courses on engineering ethics, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, and philosophy of technology. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRefiguring Critical The\u003c\/i\u003eory (2002) and editor of \u003ci\u003eInner Space\/Outer Space: The Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Technology and the Postmodern World\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); his monograph, \u003ci\u003eTechnological Musings: Reflections on Technology and Values\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming.  \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Values\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive anthology featuring essays and book excerpts written by pre-eminent figures in the field. With writings spanning the early twentieth century up to present day, this is a collection of in-depth readings on key technological issues – everything from biomedical and environmental concerns to the everyday use of computers and other forms of technology.  \u003cp\u003eA one-of-a-kind resource tool, it is specifically designed to help readers make the important connections between abstract themes and concrete applications for both the individual and society. Accessible to the undergraduate, yet thorough enough for graduates and academics, this is an ideal text for courses in technology and society, philosophy of technology, and numerous other technology-related classes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This carefully selected and well organized collection of readings demonstrate the philosophical importance of technology and should be required reading to anyone wanting to find out how ubiquitous is technology in our lives. I cannot think of a better collection of texts if your task as a teacher is to engage students in questions about technology and values in their everyday lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eGregory Fernando Pappas,\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990140928229,"sku":"NP9781405149013","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405149013.jpg?v=1761786659","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/technology-and-values-isbn-9781405149013","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}