What Is “Responsible” about Responsible Innovation? Understanding the Ethical Issues

Grinbaum, Alexei; Groves, Christopher

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“…However, bearing in mind the etymological meaning of the monster as something to be shown and displayed (often with a moral undercurrent as an abomination), the view of the golem as a monster seems to be commonplace in much of the literature on the golem myth -and especially its connection to new technologies (Gross 1988;Koven 2000;Grinbaum 2010;Rubin 2012;Grinbaum & Groves 2013 …”

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Creating Golems: Uses of Golem Stories in the Ethics of Technologies

Thorstensen

2017

Nanoethics

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People tell stories. In stories the narrator and the receiver can perceive meanings. These meanings can be analyzed again through larger interpretative framings. In the current article, different ethical uses of the golem story in relation to science technologies, scientists and technologists are analyzed according to Jörn Rüsen's system of historical thinking and narration. I then make full use of Rüsen's system of historical thinking and explore further meanings of the golem stories. The content review finds several different meanings attached to the golem story.The analysis of the use of the golem story, however, suggests similar uses of the past.

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Section: Another Important Trait Of the Golem In Collins And Pinch'smentioning

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Creating Golems: Uses of Golem Stories in the Ethics of Technologies

Thorstensen

2017

Nanoethics

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“…Assuming moral agency implies that we have the ability to reflect on the consequences of our actions and that we can engage in foresight through which we increase our knowledge of the world and how our actions might interact with and alter it (Grinbaum and Groves, 2013). This positive capacity also implies the ability to form intentions, to act deliberately, and to act in accordance with certain norms and moral or legal rules (Hart, 1968;Van de Poel, 2011;Grinbaum and Groves, 2013).…”

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“…if the actual consequences (and not only those that can be foreseen) of corporate activities are considered. For instance, compared to CSR, views of responsibility as care or responsiveness (Grinbaum and Groves, 2013), connect a moral commitment with our capacities of anticipation in contexts of attendant uncertainty.…”

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“…Social actors can take care of and show concern for others and for certain courses of action. To overcome the deficiency of consequentialist frameworks, relationships based on care have been defended (Groves, 2009) and sometimes represented by means of a metaphor borrowed from the family: innovators (including entrepreneurs, scientists or a network of actors) should act towards their innovation as parents take care of their children (Grinbaum and Groves, 2013;Jonas, 1979). Obviously, the analogy will encounter some limits as the autonomy of technological artefacts, once they escape their creator's control, cannot be compared to that of a child becoming an adult.…”

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Responsible innovation in the light of moral responsibility

Pellé

Reber

2015

Journal on Chain and Network Science

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Responsible innovation (RI) has become a powerful tenet of the European Commission discourse on science and society. And yet, the concept has remained surprisingly under-theoretically developed by RI advocates, who appear to be more interested in investigating the ‘ingredients’ or ‘pillars’ of responsibility than the normative dimension of it. In order to fill this gap, the paper below will consider ‘moral responsibility’ in the context of supply chains and innovation networks. It will firstly scrutinize the conception of responsibility developed in corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches and what impact this conception might have on RI. Somewhat paradoxically, CSR approaches have been neglected by most RI theorists. It will then propose a conceptual mapping of the ten different meanings of responsibility that have emerged in moral philosophy, drawing on a distinction between negative and positive conceptions. Finally, it will scrutinize possible implementation of these various meanings of responsibility in supply chains and innovation networks.

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“…Finally, responsible innovation is decidedly forward looking and seeks to cultivate an ethos of care and creativity (Grinbaum and Groves 2013;Owen et al 2013). Contrary to the claim that its proponents view innovation as an unqualified good, many are motivated and informed by long-standing and critical appraisals of the societal outcomes of science and technology.…”

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Responsible innovation in a post-truth moment

Fisher

2017

Journal of Responsible Innovation

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What Is “Responsible” about Responsible Innovation? Understanding the Ethical Issues

Cited by 140 publications

References 18 publications

Creating Golems: Uses of Golem Stories in the Ethics of Technologies

Creating Golems: Uses of Golem Stories in the Ethics of Technologies

Responsible innovation in the light of moral responsibility

Responsible innovation in a post-truth moment

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