Risk, Technology, and Moral Emotions

Journal of Responsible Innovation

2020

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Responsible innovation and ethics of technology increasingly take emotions into consideration. Yet, there are still some crucial aspects of emotions that have not been addressed in the literature. In order to close this gap, we introduce these neglected aspects and discusses their theoretical and practical implications. We will zoom in on the following aspects: emotional recalcitrance, affective forecasting, mixed emotions, and collective emotions. Taking these aspects into account will provide a more finegrained view of emotions that will help to improve current and future approaches and procedures that incorporate emotions. ARTICLE HISTORY

Section: Emotion-friendly Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotions, values and technology: illuminating the blind spots

Steinert

Journal of Responsible Innovation

2020

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“…e.g. Roeser et al 2012;Roeser, 2018a). As well as raising ethical questions, new technologies also often give rise to emotional responses (Slovic, 2010).…”

Section: Emotions and Art As Resources For Moral Reflectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, by listening to the story of people who are upset about the negative side-effects of a technology on their life, others can sympathize with their experiences and understand why they matter, which can lead to different ideas on how a technology could be developed or implemented. Emotions could then be seen as a starting point for deliberation about moral values in decision making about risky technologies (Roeser, 2018a;Roeser & Pesch, 2016). This can also provide for an important perspective in the context of climate change and the possible role of SAI and other forms of geoengineering.…”

Section: Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geoengineering the climate and ethical challenges: what we can learn from moral emotions and art

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosoph

Taebi

Doorn

2019

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Climate change is an urgent problem, requiring ways and approaches to address it. Possible solutions are mitigation, adaptation and deployment of geoengineering. In this article we argue that geoengineering gives rise to ethical challenges of its own. Reflecting on these ethical challenges requires approaches that go beyond conventional, quantitative methods of risk assessment. Quantitative methods leave out important ethical considerations such as justice, fairness, autonomy and legitimacy. We argue that emotions and art can play an important role in ethical deliberation about geoengineering. Emotions can point out what morally matters. We also examine the role that works of art can play. Recently, artists have become involved with risky technologies. We argue that such artworks can contribute to emotional-moral reflection and public deliberation on geoengineering, by making abstract problems more concrete, letting us broaden narrow personal perspectives, exploring new scenarios, and challenging our imagination.

“…22 The values and ethical concerns underlying emotions should be taken into consideration concerning whether a technology innovation is morally acceptable or not. 23 Empirical research lends supports to this view. The emotions that people have can be explained by the values that they hold.…”

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confidence: 94%

Passion for the Art of Morally Responsible Technology Development

Roy. Inst. Philos. Suppl.

Steinert

2019

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In this article, we discuss the importance of emotions for ethical reflection on technological developments, as well as the role that art can play in this. We review literature that argues that emotions can and should play an important role in the assessment and acceptance of technological risk and in designing morally responsible technologies. We then investigate how technologically engaged art can contribute to critical, emotional-moral reflection on technological risks. The role of art that engages with technology is unexplored territory and gives rise to many fascinating philosophical questions that have not yet been sufficiently addressed in the literature.