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Values, Institutions and Innovations for Societal Progress
The Moral Pursuit of Autonomy and Rationality
9781035322527 Edward Elgar Publishing
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.
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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 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.
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.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is an enjoyable journey through various disciplines, which Udo Pesch ingeniously connects through the common thread of societal progress. His own journey through disciplines culminates in this book in a truly interdisciplinary account of the role of morality, technology and institutions in modern society.’
– Eefje Cuppen, Leiden University, the Netherlands
‘Udo Pesch provides an overdue impetus to rethink progress as a value-oriented design task based on understanding and deliberation. This book not only encourages the belief that progress is still possible, but also provides valuable insights on how we can contribute.’
– Armin Grunwald, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
– Eefje Cuppen, Leiden University, the Netherlands
‘Udo Pesch provides an overdue impetus to rethink progress as a value-oriented design task based on understanding and deliberation. This book not only encourages the belief that progress is still possible, but also provides valuable insights on how we can contribute.’
– Armin Grunwald, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Contents
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
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
