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Technology enlarges the consequences of moral choices, but it does not carry an inherent morality. Bruno Latour wrote a lot about this subject, and it is often
by danieldk 12y ago
Technology enlarges the consequences of moral choices, but it does not carry an inherent morality.
Bruno Latour wrote a lot about this subject, and it is often insightful. There is a nice summary of [1] here:
http://doorsausage.blogspot.de/2009/02/morality-of-speed-bump-latour.html http://doorsausage.blogspot.de/2009/02/morality-of-speed-bum...
[1] http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/54-TECHNIQUES-GB.pdf http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/54-TECHNIQUES...
- 64598u3wieodsk 12y agoI appreciate you citing Latour. I agree his works have much to offer to science, technology and society. Slightly OT, but if you’re interested in a more critical take on some (recent) papers by Latour, I can recommend this review by Joel Wainwright. http://geography.osu.edu/faculty/jwainwright/publications/Wainwright%202005%20review%20of%20Latour.pdf http://geography.osu.edu/faculty/jwainwright/publications/Wa...