TY - GEN
T1 - The ethics of emerging technologies
T2 - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS
AU - Allenby, Braden
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We now live in an era that many scientists are beginning to refer to as the "Anthropocene" - roughly translated as the Age of Humans. The anthropogenic Earth is characterized by integrated built/human/natural systems of extraordinary complexity. Technology and technology systems are important dimensions of virtually all of these systems, an important observation because foundational technologies, especially information and communication technologies, are exhibiting accelerating rates of change. This not only means that the future paths of these systems are highly uncertain and unpredictable, but that both cultural and institutional systems, including ethical systems, are increasingly contingent and uncertain. This creates a need for a new ethical capability: real time macroethical assessment.
AB - We now live in an era that many scientists are beginning to refer to as the "Anthropocene" - roughly translated as the Age of Humans. The anthropogenic Earth is characterized by integrated built/human/natural systems of extraordinary complexity. Technology and technology systems are important dimensions of virtually all of these systems, an important observation because foundational technologies, especially information and communication technologies, are exhibiting accelerating rates of change. This not only means that the future paths of these systems are highly uncertain and unpredictable, but that both cultural and institutional systems, including ethical systems, are increasingly contingent and uncertain. This creates a need for a new ethical capability: real time macroethical assessment.
KW - Emerging technologies
KW - Ethics
KW - Ethics and sustainability
KW - Macroethics
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U2 - 10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156690
DO - 10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156690
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950971970
SN - 9781424434565
T3 - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS
BT - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS
Y2 - 18 May 2009 through 20 May 2009
ER -