African Values, Ethics, and Technology: Questions, Issues, and Approaches

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Palgrave-Macmillan (2021)
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This book charts technological developments from an African ethical perspective. It explores the idea that while certain technologies have benefited Africans, the fact that these technologies were designed and produced in and for a different setting leads to conflicts with African ethical values. Written in a simple and engaging style, the authors apply an African ethical lens to themes such as: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the moral status of technology, technology and sexual relations, and bioethics and technology.

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3030705498   9783030705497   9783030705503   3030705528

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Introduction: Charting an African Perspective of Technological Innovation.  (pages 1-14)Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s Future: Reflections from African Ethics.  (pages 17-33)Munamato Chemhuru
Africa in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A status quaestionis, from the cultural to the phenomenological.  (pages 35-52)Malesela John Lamola
African Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Should Not Maximize Utility.  (pages 55-72)Thaddeus Metz
Values and Technological Development in an African Context.  (pages 73-87)Bernard Matolino
African Cultural Values, Practices and Modern Technology.  (pages 89-102)Ovett Nwosimiri
Shifting Intimate Sexual Relations from Humans to Machines: An African Indigenous Ethical Perspective.  (pages 105-121)Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu
The Death of Isintu in Contemporary Technological Era: The Ethics of Sex Robots Among the Ndebele of Matabo.  (pages 123-135)Herbert Moyo
The Importance of a Neo-African Communitarianism in Virtual Space: An Ethical Inquiry for the African Teenager.  (pages 139-153)Thando Nkohla-Ramunenyiwa
The Ambivalent Role of Technology on Human Relationships: An Afrocentric Exploration.  (pages 155-172)Sophia Chirongoma & Lucia Mutsvedu
Interrogating Social Media Group Communication’s Integrity: An African, Utilitarian Perspective.  (pages 173-186)Elias G. Konyana
Bioethics and Technology: An African Ethical Perspective.  (pages 189-216)Wilfred Lajul
The Use of Sex Selection Reproductive Technology in Traditional African Societies: An Ethical Evaluation and a Case for Its Adaptation.  (pages 217-228)Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye & Joseph Oppong
Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Indigenous Akan Ethics: A critical Analysis.  (pages 229-244)Stephen Nkansah Morgan
The Impact of Technologies on African Religions: A Theological Perspective.  (pages 247-261)Nomatter Sande
Technologization of Religion: The Unstoppable Revolution in the Zimbabwean Mainline Churches.  (pages 263-280)Martin Mujinga

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