Ethics, pernicious technology, and the "technological argument"

Edgar R. Briceño Ramírez

pp. 89-98

in: Carl Mitcham (ed), Philosophy of technology in Spanish speaking countries, Berlin, Springer, 1993

Abstract

Ethics encompasses beliefs about preferable conduct, attitudes that contribute to this, norms and rules that orient or guide, and theories that analyze, examine, deepen, criticize, and justify these beliefs, attitudes, and norms. An ethical theory is, therefore, a rational endeavor directed toward practical activity conducive to preferred conduct.