Technology and values

This is a collection of essays that looks at issues related to science, technology, public health, economics, the environment, and ethical theory. Includes: Overview : ethical studies about technology -- What is moral philosophy? -- Technology and ethical issues -- Heidegger on gaining a free relation to technology -- Technologies as forms of life -- The role of technology in society -- Technology : the opiate of the intellectuals -- The social construction of safety -- The political construction of technology : a call for constructive technology assessment -- Frankenstein's problem : autonomous technology -- Technology, demography and the anachronism of traditional rights -- Economic evaluations of technology --Sociological versus metascientific views of technological risk assessment -- Engineering design research and social responsibility -- Ethics and automobile technology : the Pinto -- Computers and privacy -- Ethics and military technology : Star Wars -- Nuclear technology and radioactive waste -- Assessment of environmental and economic impacts of pesticide use -- Ethical issues in human genome research -- A "transgenic dinner"? social and ethical issues in biotechnology and agriculture.