Ethical Technology Assessment of Natural Ecological Values Using a Delphi process
Technological development has come at the price of serious ecological and environmental problems, such as pollution, ecological damage, and the exhaustion of natural resources. Ecological values related to nature have become an essential factor in the assessment of technology. New technologies often give rise to previously unknown ethical controversies and dilemmas. Although the assessment of technology has always stressed output and efficiency, research on ethical Technology Assessment (eTA) focuses mainly on developing tools with which to identify the adverse effects of new technologies in the early stages. This paper presents a new form of technology assessment focusing on natural and ecological values to determine the technological advancements worthy of further development and implementation. This approach is based on a check-list for the assessment (if natural and ecological values according to four crucial guidelines: (I) ecological security, (2) sustainable development, (3) environmental justice, (4) respect for nature. We used using a Delphi process to establish indicators: (1-1) low pollution, (1--2) low consumption, (1-3) low platoon carbon, (21) refraining from wasting resources, (2-2) recycling resources, (3-1) reasonable resource development, (32) enhancement of product durability, 3-3) use of decomposable materials, (3-4) fair allocation, (4-1) treating animals with respect, (4-2) maintaining natural diversity.
sustainable development natural ecological values Environmental ethics ethical technology ethical Technology Assessment (eTA) Delphic Process
Shu-Hui Wang Tz-Yauw Lin Yao- MingChu
Department of Industrial Technology Education Kaohsiung Normal University Chinese Kaohsiung Department of Tourism Shoufu University Chinese Tainan
国际会议
大连
英文
50-53
2011-07-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）