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“Overestimated technology – underestimated consequences” – reflections on risks, ethical conflicts, and social disparities in the handling of non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPTs)
New technologies create new complexities. Since non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) were first introduced, kee** pace with complexity constitutes...
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Moral Learning by Algorithms: The Possibility of Develo** Morally Intelligent Technology
The aim of this chapter is to explore the possibility of moral machine learningMoral machine learning (MML) and its possible alternatives. We begin...
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Epistemic Standards for Participatory Technology Assessment: Suggestions Based Upon Well-Ordered Science
When one wants to use citizen input to inform policy, what should the standards of informedness on the part of the citizens be? While there are moral...
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An assessment of 'Inclusive' Business Models: Vehicles for Development, or Neo-Colonial Practices?
In a period of decreasing aid budgets and increasing private sector engagement in the Global South, Inclusive Business- referring to a business model...
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Good enough? Parental decisions to use DIY loo** technology to manage type 1 diabetes in children
People are using innovative internet of things technologies to gain individualised management of their type 1 diabetes. The #WeAreNotWaiting movement...
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Introduction: The Necessity (and Spirit) of Critique in Andrew Feenberg’s Philosophy of Technology
In this introductory chapter I situate the following collection as one that takes as its starting point Andrew Feenberg’s philosophical critique of...
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Three Rival Versions of Work and Technology: Smith, Marx, and MacIntyre in Discussion
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized by the wide introduction of automation in industry, brought about many changes in work and in the...
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The Adolescent Transplant Candidate: Thorny Issues in Assessment and Allocation
Despite advances in donation and patient survival, organ transplantation remains an area fraught with ethical challenges. There are not yet enough...
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Freedom Versus Regulation in Science and Technology
Almost half a century ago a strong controversy opposed the philosophers advocating an unrestricted freedom of science to those advocating a moral and...
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How to Do What Is Right, Not What Is Easy: Requirements for Assessment of Genome-Edited and Genetically Modified Organisms under Ethical Guidelines
An ethical assessment is a complex, dynamic and comprehensive process that requires both ethical expertise and practical knowledge. An ethical...
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Ethics Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Africa: A Reflection on the Successes, Failures and the Way Forward in the Era of a Global Pandemic
The COVID-19 global pandemic has proven how vulnerable human populations are and how that vulnerability could be ethically reduced using science and...
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Phonetics as an Art: Real or Surreal Assessment Criteria?
The chapter[aut]Phonetics addresses one of the controversial issues in second language pronunciation assessment: why raters give different ratings...
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Transforming Academic Journal Assessment from “Quality” to “Impact”: A Case Study of the SDG Impact Intensity Academic Journal Rating Artificial Intelligence System
This chapter details how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used—and is very much needed—to reinvent academic research evaluation in terms of...
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Multi-criteria Evaluation in Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Creation of a Sustainable Agricultural Waste Management Plan for wineries: Case Study: Oplenac Vineyard
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), as a support to strategic planning, is a starting point in the creation of a sustainable concept of...
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Mechanical Wits Used in the America Colonization: Engineering Assessment
The first European settlements in the new world faced technical issues with the help of the XVI century scientific advances. Besides briefly exposing...
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Education in the Anthropocene: A Sober Assessment
This paper offers a reflection on the implications of the ecological crises of the Anthropocene for education. The premise of the paper is that we—as...