Is there a right to shape technology?

Autori

  • Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Parole chiave:

human rights, modern society, right to shape technology

Abstract

The creation of modern, democratic institutions during the past two centuries is accompanied by expanding claims about human rights, claims that include an ever wider set of people and conditions. A parallel development is a growing recognition of the role technology plays in controversies about human rights and the boundaries of citizenship. Beginning in the 1960s, the worldwide movement of people with disabilities reveals the close connection between human rights claims and specific technological patterns. Lessons from this movement point to new ways of thinking about human rights and their practical realization in modern society.

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Pubblicato

2007-12-31