Understanding value change
<p class="first" id="d26052924e82">The possibility of value change has implications for how to responsibly develop and deploy new technologies. If values can, and do, change after technologies have been developed and designed, this would seem to have...
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2022-05-01
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| description | <p class="first" id="d26052924e82">The possibility of value change has implications for how to responsibly develop and
deploy new technologies. If values can, and do, change after technologies have been
developed and designed, this would seem to have major ramifications for approaches
such as value-sensitive design and responsible innovation. This contribution explores
descriptive as well as normative accounts of value change. It suggests three methodological
principles that descriptive accounts of value change should meet. Normative accounts
are relatively independent of descriptive accounts and raise the important question
of whether normative or moral values themselves can also change. Through the example
of the birth control pill and its (alleged) effect on sexual morality, the article
illustrates what descriptive and normative accounts might look like in a concrete
case. It closes with a discussion of implications for responsibly developing new technologies
and draws some conclusions for more theoretical work on value change.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e08301cd6f6944d4a4995d2078a1299b2023-05-03T15:25:36ZengPluto JournalsPrometheus0810-90281470-10302022-05-013811810.13169/prometheus.38.1.0007Understanding value changeIbo van de Poel<p class="first" id="d26052924e82">The possibility of value change has implications for how to responsibly develop and deploy new technologies. If values can, and do, change after technologies have been developed and designed, this would seem to have major ramifications for approaches such as value-sensitive design and responsible innovation. This contribution explores descriptive as well as normative accounts of value change. It suggests three methodological principles that descriptive accounts of value change should meet. Normative accounts are relatively independent of descriptive accounts and raise the important question of whether normative or moral values themselves can also change. Through the example of the birth control pill and its (alleged) effect on sexual morality, the article illustrates what descriptive and normative accounts might look like in a concrete case. It closes with a discussion of implications for responsibly developing new technologies and draws some conclusions for more theoretical work on value change. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/prometheus.38.1.0007 |
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