Is Technology Value-Neutral?

According to the Value-Neutrality Thesis (VNT), technology is morally and politically neutral, neither good nor bad. A knife may be put to bad use to murder an innocent person or to good use to peel an apple for a starving person, but the knife itself is a mere instrument, not a proper subject for m...

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Published in:	Science, technology, & human values Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 53 - 80
Main Author:	Miller, Boaz
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.01.2021 SAGE Publications SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Ethics Material properties Moral development Morality Murders & murder attempts Neutrality Original Articles Philosophers Property Speech Technology Values value-neutrality technology values artifacts
ISSN:	0162-2439, 1552-8251
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