Values, Institutions and Innovations for Societal Progress

The Moral Pursuit of Autonomy and Rationality

Udo Pesch (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2024
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-2252-7 (ISBN)

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In this thought-provoking book, Udo Pesch examines how values articulated by society are incorporated into institutions and technologies in order to overcome what they consider to be a lack of democratic control over their progress.

In this thought-provoking book, Udo Pesch examines how values articulated by society are incorporated into institutions and technologies in order to overcome what many consider to be a lack of democratic control over their progress.

Providing insights from different disciplinary angles including moral values, deliberative practices, societal institutions and technological innovation, this book pursues the democratisation of innovation and the increase of institutional responsiveness. Pesch demonstrates strategies to cope with the challenges created by digitalisation, privatisation and ecological degradation, and explores how to bridge the gap between normative and descriptive research. Addressing issues such as how digital technologies threaten human autonomy and how the pursuit of economic prosperity can lead to ecological degradation, this timely book seeks to regain control of institutional and technological developments within our society.

Scholars of philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, political theory and innovation theory will find that this book offers comprehensive insights into these disciplines. Policymakers who require a broad understanding of societal trends and challenges will also find this book illuminating and insightful.

Udo Pesch, Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, Faculty for Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Contents:
Preface
1 The deliberative model of progress
2 Speaking about deliberation
3 The evolution of public space
4 Looking for moral autonomy
5 The responsiveness of institutions
6 Contextualising rationality
7 The promise of efficiency
8 Making machines smarter than ourselves
9 Substantiating the value of sustainability
10 Making the world a better place
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.08.2024
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-0353-2252-8 / 1035322528
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-2252-7 / 9781035322527
Zustand	Neuware