Against Over-estimating the Role of Ethics in Technology Development

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-196

  Grunwald, Armin ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Ethics of technology; Moral conflicts; Rationality; Social shaping of technology; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING; ETHICS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034172934     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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