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Mepham, Ben

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“…Yet, these activities would not themselves be understood as the inevitable result of an ethical evaluation, much less part and parcel of what a “climate ethics of biofuels” would entail. More specific suggestions for engaging the science community in such ethical inquiry abound: They include highlighting the normative aspects of engineering design (Whitbeck 2011), adaptations of discourse ethics (Korthals 2004; Thompson 1999) and the “ethical matrix” developed originally for engaging scientists in ethical reflection by Ben Mepham (Cotton 2009; Mepham 2000). By utilizing one of these methods to engage ethical issues, actors in Triple-Bottom Line and Out of Thin Air might well discover deeper commonalities of vision (though they also might not).…”

Section: Concluding Ethical Findings and Speculationsmentioning

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The agricultural ethics of biofuels: climate ethics and mitigation arguments

Thompson

2012

Poiesis Prax

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An environmental, climate mitigation rationale for research and development (R&D) on liquid transportation fuels derived from plants emerged among many scientists and engineers during the last decade. However, between 2006 and 2010, this climate ethic for pursuing biofuel became politically entangled and conceptually confused with rationales for encouraging greater use of plant-based ethanol that were both unconnected to climate ethics and potentially in conflict with the value-commitments providing a mitigation-oriented reason to promote and develop new and expanded sources of biofuel. I argue that the conceptual construct of technological trajectories provides a fecund approach to the ethical evaluation of R&D strategies in the case of plant-based liquid transportation fuels. The idea of a trajectory has a current use in the literature of science studies and aptly summarizes a number of themes that are critical to the evaluation of tools and techniques whose future shape, design, applications and potential consequences are necessarily somewhat speculative. In the case of biofuels, it is the imagined future trajectory that provides the basis for resistance to an emerging technology, rather than the present-day technical capabilities and the unexpected consequences of biofuel development.

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Section: Concluding Ethical Findings and Speculationsmentioning

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The agricultural ethics of biofuels: climate ethics and mitigation arguments

Thompson

2012

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“…Introduced by Mepham (1996, 2000), ethical matrices are constructed by positioning various ethical principles on one axis and various actors on the other axis of a matrix and then populating the cells with perspectives upon the technology with respect to each actor and each ethical principle.…”

Section: The Ethical Matrixmentioning

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“…The ultimate aims of matrix analyses also vary across studies. Some are designed to guide deliberation and improve the penetration of rational ethical analysis into decision-making processes (Mepham 2000) whilst others, particularly those with a bottom–up analytic structure, can also be seen as an end in themselves, facilitating deliberative engagement amongst actors (Cotton 2009a, b). The results of ethical matrix analyses have generally been positive, with encouraging reports from various public and elite participants.…”

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“…As discussed, actor lists on ethical matrices (e.g. Mepham 2000) usually capture ethical issues with respect to a number of actors. This differs from our approach, where each row captures an actor’s ethical framing of the technology directly.…”

Section: Mapping the Ethical Landscape Of Ccsmentioning

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“…Other matrices have coded findings for ease of interpretation using various symbols. For example, Mepham (2000) used □ and • and Forsberg (2007) used + and − to indicate framings of respect for the principle (cf. compliance) and infringement (cf.…”

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Mapping the ethical landscape of carbon capture and storage

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2012

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This article describes a method of scoping for potential ethical contentions within a resource constrained research environment where actor participation and bottom–up analysis is precluded. Instead of reverting to a top–down analytical structure, a data-led process is devised. This imitates a bottom–up analytic structure in the absence of the direct participation of actors, culminating in the construction of a map of the ethical landscape; a high-resolution ethical matrix of coded interpretations of various actors’ ethical framings of the technology. Despite its limitations, which are discussed, the map can subsequently support the identification of areas where ethical contentions may be raised. Here, the method is described with reference to the construction and analysis of a map of the ethical landscape of carbon capture and storage technology. Taken as a preliminary stage of a larger study, it can support the design and initiation of more sophisticated analyses which may integrate stronger bottom–up participation and facilitate a reflective, deliberative process amongst actors.

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Thompson¹

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