Dao, Harmony and Personhood

Towards a Confucian Ethics of Technology

Bibliographic Data

ID19562508
AuthorsPak‐Hang Wong (0000-0001-8720-9912, University of Twente, corresponding author), Pak-Hang Wong
Year2012
Volume25
Issue1
Pages67-86
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy & Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2210-5433 • E-ISSN: 2210-5441
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s13347-011-0021-z
OpenAlexW2065833909
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited50

A closer look at the theories and questions in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology shows the absence and marginality of non-Western philosophical traditions in the discussions. Although, increasingly, some philosophers have sought to introduce non-Western philosophical traditions into the debates, there are few systematic attempts to construct and articulate general accounts of ethics and technology based on other philosophical traditions. This situation is understandable, for the questions of modern sciences and technologies appear to be originated from the West; at the same time, the situation is undesirable. The overall aim of this paper, therefore, is to introduce an alternative account of ethics of technology based on the Confucian tradition. In doing so, it is hoped that the current paper can initiate a relatively uncharted field in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology

Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethics of technology · Information ethics · Meta-ethics · Personhood · Philosophical methodology · Philosophy of science · Philosophy of technology · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

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