What Values in Design? The Challenge of Incorporating Moral Values into Design.
Recently, there is increased attention to the integration of moral values into the conception, design, and development of emerging IT. The most reviewed approach for this purpose in ethics and technology so far is Value-Sensitive Design (VSD). This article considers VSD as the prime candidate for im...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 271 - 288 |
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