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This paper addresses the question of how human science categories yield projectable inferences by critically examining Ron Mallon's "social role" account of human kinds. Mallon contends that human categories are projectable when a social role produces a homeostatic property cluster (HPC) kind. On this account, human categories are projectable when various social mechanisms stabilize and entrench those categories. Mallon's analysis obscures a distinction between transitory and robust projectable inferences. I argue that the social kinds discussed by Mallon yield the former, while classifications of biological kinds yield the latter. Classifications from psychiatry ("schizophrenia," "hysteria") are discussed as examples.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: Perspectives on Technology and Its Value -- 1 The Definition of Technology -- 2 Value-Free Technology? -- 3 The Values Built into Technologies -- 4 Technological Determinism: What It Is and Why It Matters -- 5 Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology -- 6 Postphenomenology and Ethics -- 7 Technology and the Extended Mind -- PART II: Technology and the Good Life -- 8 Ethical Theory and Technology -- 9 Disagreeing Well about Technology -- 10 Technology and the Virtue of Honesty -- 11 Confucian Ethics of Technology -- 12 Utilitarianism and Happy-People-Pills -- 13 Marxist Perspectives on Technology -- 14 Technology and Trust - A Kantian Approach -- PART III: Computer and Information Technology -- 15 Values in Artificial Intelligence Systems -- 16 A Kantian Course Correction for Machine Ethics -- 17 Ethical Issues Surrounding Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Mental Health: Psychotherapy Chatbots -- 18 Privacy, Security, and Surveillance -- 19 Being-in-the-Screen: Phenomenological Reflections on Contemporary Screenhood -- 20 Race, Gender, and Visibility on Social Media -- 21 Fake News: There's No App for Truthfulness -- PART IV: Technology in Business -- 22 Adam Smith on the Dangers of the Digital World -- 23 Social Media Firms, Echo Chambers, and the Good Life -- 24 Data Science and Business Ethics -- 25 Technology Firms and the Business Case for Diversity -- 26 Big Tech & -- Political Equality -- 27 AI and the Law: Can the Legal System Help Us Maximize Paperclips and Minimize Deaths? -- PART V: Biotechnology and the Ethics of Enhancement -- 28 Biomedical Technology and the Ethics of Enhancement -- 29 Genetic Enhancement: Just Say Yes -- 30 Feminism and the Ethics of Reprogenetic Technologies.

The first of its kind, this anthology in the burgeoning field of technology ethics offers students and other interested readers 32 chapters, each written in an accessible and lively manner specifically for this volume. The chapters are conveniently organized into five parts: Perspectives on Technology and its Value Technology and the Good Life Computer and Information Technology Technology and Business Biotechnologies and the Ethics of Enhancement A hallmark of the volume is multidisciplinary contributions both (1) in "analytic" and "continental" philosophies and (2) across several hot-button topics of interest to students, including the ethics of autonomous vehicles, psychotherapeutic phone apps, and bio-enhancement of cognition and in sports. The volume editors, both teachers of technology ethics, have compiled a set of original and timely chapters that will advance scholarly debate and stimulate fascinating and lively classroom discussion. Downloadable eResources (available from www.routledge.com/9781032038704) provide a glossary of all relevant terms, sample classroom activities/discussion questions relevant for chapters, and links to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries and other relevant online materials. Key Features: Examines the most pivotal ethical questions around our use of technology, equipping readers to better understand technology's promises and perils. Explores throughout a central tension raised by technological progress: maintaining social stability vs. pursuing dynamic social improvements. Provides ample coverage of the pressing issues of free speech and productive online discourse.

The first of its kind, this anthology in the burgeoning field of technology ethics offers students and other interested readers 32 chapters, each written in an accessible and lively manner specifically for this volume. The chapters are conveniently organized into five parts: Perspectives on Technology and its Value Technology and the Good Life Computer and Information Technology Technology and Business Biotechnologies and the Ethics of Enhancement A hallmark of the volume is multidisciplinary contributions both (1) in "analytic" and "continental" philosophies and (2) across several hot-button topics of interest to students, including the ethics of autonomous vehicles, psychotherapeutic phone apps, and bio-enhancement of cognition and in sports. The volume editors, both teachers of technology ethics, have compiled a set of original and timely chapters that will advance scholarly debate and stimulate fascinating and lively classroom discussion. Downloadable eResources (available from www.routledge.com/9781032038704) provide a glossary of all relevant terms, sample classroom activities/discussion questions relevant for chapters, and links to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries and other relevant online materials. Key Features: Examines the most pivotal ethical questions around our use of technology, equipping readers to better understand technology's promises and perils. Explores throughout a central tension raised by technological progress: maintaining social stability vs. pursuing dynamic social improvements. Provides ample coverage of the pressing issues of free speech and productive online discourse.