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heuristics, moral imagination, and the future of technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

michael e. gorman
michael e. gorman
Affiliation:
department of science, technology, and society, school of engineering and applied science, university of virginia, charlottesville, va 22904-4744 meg3c@virginia.edu
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Abstract

successful application of heuristics depends on how a problem is represented, mentally. moral imagination is a good technique for reflecting on, and sharing, mental representations of ethical dilemmas, including those involving emerging technologies. future research on moral heuristics should use more ecologically valid problems and combine quantitative and qualitative methods.

Type
open peer commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 551
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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