ENGR-482 exam 3 Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update
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ENGR-482 exam 3 Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update
Common Sense View - Answers 1. Objects are mere tools
2. have no moral properties
3. can't blame bomb for wrongdoing if it kills people
Strong view - Answers 1. Technological artifacts do have moral properties
2. Based on Actor-N...
ENGR-482 exam 3 Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update 2024-2025
Common Sense View - Answers 1. Objects are mere tools
2. have no moral properties
3. can't blame bomb for wrongdoing if it kills people
Strong view - Answers 1. Technological artifacts do have moral properties
2. Based on Actor-Network Theory (ANT): the boundary between objects and subjects (humans) are no
longer possible to uphold
Moderate View - Answers 1. Objects can't be part of the subject
2. the object can't be morally responsible
3. Artifacts do have relevance based on new abilities it gives humans
first-order responsibility - Answers responsibility to carry out morally right actions
second-order responsibility - Answers responsibility to make sure that there are some morally good
actions to choose
Kantian thesis: ought vs. can - Answers ought= obligation
can = possibility
new actions become that weren't --> may change our moral obligations
Is Technology Neutral - Answers 1. claims technology is not neautral b/c it has a value system
Is Technology Neutral
NEUTRAL - Answers tech. is not neutral as in chemistry "having no effect".
counter arguments say that technologies are neutral: they are simply tools than can be used one way or
another
Is Technology Neutral
MEANING OF TECHNOLOGY - Answers combo of art and reason used to satisfy industrial, commercial
and social objectives
Is Technology Neutral
VALUES OF TECHNOLOGY - Answers 1. major values: objectivity, quantification, and utilitarianism
, 2. lesser value terms: efficieny and a systems approach which emphasizes function over device
Is Technology Neutral
TECHNOLOTY ENFRAMING - Answers 1. The earth is not a standing reserve, this is dangerous
2.technical framing viewpoint is correct, but incomplete. it is dangerous to mistaken correctness for
completeness
Heidegger's Perspective - Answers one major consequence of the anthropocentric utilitarian viewpoint
of tech. is that it treats the world as a "standing reserve"
Technology and Society - Answers (Whelchel) relationship between tech and society is bilateral, not
unilateral
Technology as a Human Enterprise - Answers (Whelchel)
1. as practitioners of tech, we need to ensure that the tech view-point does not become the sole ethos
of our sciety. It is our duty, to ourselves, as well as to society, to abet cultural diversity
2. appreciation of tech. by those outside its realm is need to further its artistic side
technological optimism - Answers the effects of technology on human well-being are good
technological pessimism - Answers technology will lead to undesirable effects
technological determinism - Answers technological development has a life of its own that cannot be
controlled by individual humans or even society
critical approach to technology - Answers 1. democratic deliberation on technology: engineers should
assist in intelligent and informed democratic deliberation on science and tech. policy
2. Critical attitude in design: engineers must identify and responsibly consider value issues in the design
process to lead to more creative design and a more humanly satisfying life
strong anthropocentrism - Answers human centered
humans desires>non-human needs
weak anthropocentrism - Answers humans have priority, but the well being of non humanoid organisms
is given more consideration
biocentrism - Answers life-centered, holders see humans as fellow citizens of the world, but the ranks of
citizens include other organisms
-claims anthropocentric is myopic
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