We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why
values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey's …

Abstract In this dissertation, Olya Kudina investigates the complex interactions between
ethics and technology. Center stage to this is the phenomenon of “value dynamism” that …

This paper presents a defense of the Value Neutrality Thesis with respect to technological
artifacts. While it may be case that people build artifacts with certain ends in mind–the values …

Technologies can have profound effects on social moral systems. Is there any way to
systematically investigate and anticipate these potential effects? This paper aims to …

According to some philosophers of technology, technology embodies moral values in virtue
of its functional properties and the intentions of its designers. But this paper shows that such …

According to the Value-Neutrality Thesis (VNT), technology is morally and politically neutral,
neither good nor bad. A knife may be put to bad use to murder an innocent person or to …

In this paper I critically evaluate the value neutrality thesis regarding technology, and find it
wanting. I then introduce the various ways in which artifacts can come to influence moral …

In this paper we discuss a follow-up step of the empirical turn that we refer to as an
“axiological turn” in the philosophy of technology. For a clear understanding of this follow-up …

Technology has become the symbol of our culture. The claim that we are subject to a
technological imperative is therefore a fundamental cultural critique: we do not control …

The idea that technologies can change moral beliefs and practices is an old one. But how,
exactly, does this happen? This paper builds on an emerging field of inquiry by developing a …