Sökning: "moral technologies"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden moral technologies.

  1. 1. Bevarandets etiska funktioner: relationer mellan människor, platser och hus

    Författare :Ewamarie Herklint; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; motives for preserving; places of preserving; architectural and environmental preserving and preservation; moral philosophy; preserving as a phenomenon;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to conceptualise preserving as a phenomenon from two points of departure. Firstly, in a theoretical way, by indicating different places of preserving, answering the question where the act of preserving takes place, i.e. the different contexts or positions of preserving. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Good Parents, Better Babies : An Argument about Reproductive Technologies, Enhancement and Ethics

    Författare :Erik Malmqvist; Fredrik Svenaeus; Stellan Welin; Eric Juengst; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotelian practical philosophy; bioethics; hermeneutical ethics; human enhancement; instrumentalisation; moral intuitions; non-consequentialism; parenting; philosophy of medicine; practical wisdom; reproductive technologies; Aristotelisk praktisk filosofi; bioetik; förbättringar; föräldraskap; hermeneutisk etik; icke-konsekventialism; instrumentalisering; medicinens filosofi; moraliska intuitioner; praktisk vishet; provrörsbefruktning; Ethics; Etik;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a contribution to the bioethical debate about new and possibly emerging reproductive technologies. Its point of departure is the intuition, which many people seem to share, that using such technologies to select non-disease traits – like sex and emotional stability - in yet unborn children is morally problematic, at least more so than using the technologies to avoid giving birth to children with severe genetic diseases, or attempting to shape the non-disease traits of already existing children by environmental means, like education. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Crucial Considerations: Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies

    Författare :Karim Jebari; Sven-Ove Hansson; Ingmar Persson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; neuroethics; brain machine interface; convergence seminars; moral enhancement; human enhancement; privacy; autonomy;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct communication between the brain and a machine possible by means of electrical stimuli. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Psychological consequences of moral labelling in the built environment

    Författare :Andreas Haga; Patrik Sörqvist; Maria Johansson; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eco-label effect; performance; perception; judgment; moral labels; social judgement; lamp; label; miljöetiketteringseffekt; prestation; perception; bedömning; moraliska etiketter; sociala bedömningar; lampor; etikett; Hållbar stadsutveckling; Sustainable Urban Development;

    Sammanfattning : Climate change is strongly linked to human behavior and technologies, and many of the barriers to sustainable behavior are rather psychological than technological. More sustainable technologies and food products have been introduced to combat climate change, most often labeled with morally loaded labels such as “organic” or “environmentally friendly”. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Den isolerade medborgaren : Liberalt styre och uppkomsten av det sociala vid 1800-talets mitt

    Författare :Frans Lundgren; Tore Frängsmyr; Anders Ekström; Roger Qvarsell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; birth of the social; liberal governmentality; moral technologies; liberal reformism; the solitary confinement penitentiary; criminal statistics; prison-photography; district visiting poor relief; the bildung-society for workers; the social question; mid 19th century Sweden; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to study the problem definitions and the governmental rationality of new activities aimed at reforming criminals, the poor and workers in Sweden during the mid-1800s. Three case studies analyse the solitary confinement penitentiary, the district visiting poor relief and the bildung-society for workers. LÄS MER