The Role of Art in Emotional-Moral Reflection on Risky and Controversial Technologies: the Case of BNCI.
In this article, we explore the role that art can play in ethical reflection on risky and controversial technologies. New technologies often give rise to societal controversies about their potential risks and benefits. Over the last decades, social scientists, psychologists, and philosophers have cr...
| Publicado en: | Ethical Theory & Moral Practice Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 275 - 290 |
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