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Digital ethics; Digital transformation; Solutionism; Techne
Introduction
Technology ethics is both a rather old and young field: Old in the sense, as technê (τέχνη in ancient Greek) means doing and practice, including the specific methods and contexts. The term has been subject of philosophical reflection since philosophy’s beginning with Socrates and Plato, where it was used to describe human knowledge in general, before Aristotle began to differentiate between technê and epistêmê. The ethical relevance of technê is therefore inseparable from what humans do and what implications their doing has on other humans and third parties including society at large. Technology ethics, however, is a young and contemporary field, as with new technologies such as computing, digitalization, algorithms and big data the impact of technology to the condition humana, society, politics, business, the economy at large, and the environment has reached heights unprecedented and levels of autonomy...
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Seele, P. (2023). Technology Ethics: Origins, Paradigms and Implications for Business and Society. In: Poff, D.C., Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22767-8_1268
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