Narrative and Technology Ethics

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Mediation, Virtue, Responsibility -- Towards a Hermeneutic Technology Ethics -- References -- 2: Praxis and Contemporary Philosophy of Technology -- Gaps in the Empirical Turn -- Revisiting Practice -- Narrative Embeddedness of Practice -- Objections to MacIntyre -- A Narrative Turn -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Ricoeur's Hermeneutic Concept of Technical Practice -- Turning to Ricoeur -- Problematising Technical Practice -- A Hermeneutic Account of Technical Practice -- Action < -- > -- Practice -- Practice < -- > -- Life Plan -- Life Plan < -- > -- Narrative Unity of Life -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: A Narrative Theory of Technology -- Exploring Ricoeur's Narrative Theory -- The Model of Emplotment -- Narrativity and Technological Mediation -- Narrative Technologies -- Textuality, Literacy -- Temporality and Distancing -- Technical Practice and Technological Emplotment -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Narrative Ethics of Technical Practice -- Virtue Ethics and Technology -- Technology and the Virtues -- Lack of an Account of Technological Mediation -- The Ethical Aim -- The Good Life -- With and for Others -- In Just Institutions -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: A Method for Technology Ethics -- An Iterative, Tripartite Method -- Illustrating the Method: Automated Borders -- Phase I: Description < -- > -- Interpretation -- Mapping Technical Practices -- Gathering Narratives -- Hermeneutic Analysis -- Phase II: Interpretation < -- > -- Evaluation -- Standards of Excellence -- Life Plans -- Narrative Unity of Life -- Phase III: Evaluation < -- > -- Prescription -- The Good Life -- With and for Others -- In Just Institutions -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Conclusion: Hermeneutic Ethics for the Digital Age -- Summary.