From Technology to the Need of Technology in High-Tech Society
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Abstract
Today we are witnessing a level of technological development that has not been seen so far. This state actually forces us, to a certain extent, to admit what Schuurman (2010) claimed, that "the time of the technological society is now!". Can we allow technology to develop freely, unhindered? Can we let the thirst for knowledge and for evolution to guide our actions in a society where technology has an alarming rhythm of development? Historical evidence shows the opposite (Hiroshima, Chernobyl, etc.). Thereby, enthusiasm declines and criticism and suspicion arise regarding the fact that not all that is technology is good and not all of it can be used for the benefit of humanity, or that technology will exceed the adaptability of humans. However, at once with the critical thinking, a new field of research begins to emerge, that is technoethics. Technoethics establishes the link between technology and ethics in helping society. The need for such a research field arises with the onset of industrial revolutions when it has been easy to see that technological advances will influence human activity and life, and that greater responsibility is needed in terms of the use of technology. And how can we integrate ethos the moral values and the moral norms in technological activities, if not by establishing a link between ethics and technology, or, more precisely, establishing an ethics (technoethics) that can meet the moral needs of today's society (high-tech). Therefore, today's technology society needs an ethic, or it needs a "creed" made up of norms and limits (limits of development) which does not allow it to develop to the limit that could subdue humanity to the risk of extinction.