EST 202 Lecture 5: Lecture 5

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Technology and Society
• Course: EST 202
• Professor: David Tonjes

Document Summary

Soil sanitization from irrigation (for thousands of years) Resistance to change: homeostasis, consider the computer: invented in wwii, oddity (through 1970s), infiltration into general use (1980s), necessity (2000s) That which works : some change benefits some, harms others, automobile. Iroquois: council that considered impacts for seven generations (also brutally tortured prisoners and then ate them) Technology: since it works ethical, value neutral, of course, not, conflicts arise. Distinguish between factoids, facts, beliefs: stakeholders. Types of conflicts: violations of establish order. Life must always be preserved: no innocent victims, human beings cannot serve as a means to an end, wrong intention, wrong act. But : nuclear deterrence, assisted suicide, just war . Inequities in benefit (costs) distribution: nimby, resource information, costs, past burdens. Harm without consent: cross-border, multigenerational issues, workplace, similar exposures, experiments. Value conflicts: within a single individual (group) Engendered rights: right to medical care, privacy. Liberty (to act or not to be interfered with)