Overview
Explores African ethical perspectives on emerging technologies
Presents a collaborative work of reflections, discussions, questions, and issues surrounding emerging technologies
Written for readers interested in technology and African values
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Ethics
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African Values and Technology
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Technology, African Ethics and Sexual Relations
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Technology, African Values and Human Relationship
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Bioethics, African Values and Technology
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About this book
This book charts technological developments from an African ethical perspective. It explores the idea that while certain technologies have benefited Africans, the fact that these technologies were designed and produced in and for a different setting leads to conflicts with African ethical values. Written in a simple and engaging style, the authors apply an African ethical lens to themes such as: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the moral status of technology, technology and sexual relations, and bioethics and technology.
Reviews
"The essential value of this book lies in its critical reflection on the ethical and inter-personal impact of human-technology relations on society from an African perspective. Work like this will ensure African voices are heard in a much-needed global conversation on the impact of emergent technologies—such as Artificial Intelligence—on every human life across the world."
(Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, Ethics of AI Research Group Lead, Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research - CAIR)
"A sound, fresh, and creative contribution reflecting on Africa’s encounter with a changing world. In their diversity and contestations, contributors to this volume explore how Africa’s 'old' formulations encounter new realities. They wrestle with the tension between the 'old' and the 'new' and seek to proffer sustainable formulations. I warmly recommend this book."
(Ezra Chitando, Professor of History and Religion, University of Zimbabwe)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where she is also the Director of the Ethics Studies Department.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Values, Ethics, and Technology
Book Subtitle: Questions, Issues, and Approaches
Editors: Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70550-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70549-7Published: 01 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70552-7Published: 02 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70550-3Published: 30 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 284
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy, general, Bioethics