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Technology, recommendation and design: on being a 'paternalistic' philosopher.

Pak-Hang Wong1

  • 1Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. p.h.wong@utwente.nl

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Philosophers should offer public recommendations on technology and the good life. Despite concerns about paternalism, this guidance is necessary and design ethics requires supplementation with recommendations.

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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Ethics
  • Social Impact of Technology

Background:

  • Philosophers have largely neglected the topic of technology's impact on the good life.
  • Recommendations on technology are typically left to technologists, not ethicists.
  • There's a missed opportunity to inform the public about technology's societal effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate philosophers' reluctance to provide public recommendations on technology.
  • To address the normative concern that offering recommendations is paternalistic.
  • To argue for the necessity of philosophical recommendations regarding technology and the good life.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of philosophical arguments regarding paternalism and technology.
  • Examination of the role of design ethics in contemporary philosophy.
  • Normative argumentation to support the duty of philosophers to offer recommendations.

Main Results:

  • The reluctance stems partly from a fear of paternalism, which is seen as ethically problematic.
  • Paternalism in the context of technology is argued to be inevitable.
  • Philosophers have a duty to engage in public recommendation due to this inevitability.

Conclusions:

  • The fear of paternalism should not deter philosophers from offering technology recommendations.
  • Design ethics, while valuable, is insufficient on its own.
  • Supplementing design ethics with public recommendations is crucial for achieving its objectives.