A network approach for distinguishing ethical issues in research and development Export

@article{citeulike:4214746, abstract = {Abstract\ \ In this paper we report on our experiences with using network analysis to discern and analyse ethical issues in research into, and the development of, a new wastewater treatment technology. Using network analysis, we preliminarily interpreted some of our observations in a Group Decision Room (GDR) session where we invited important stakeholders to think about the risks of this new technology. We show how a network approach is useful for understanding the observations, and suggests some relevant ethical issues. We argue that a network approach is also useful for ethical analysis of issues in other fields of research and development. The abandoning of the overarching rationality assumption, which is central to network approaches, does not have to lead to ethical relativism.}, author = {Zwart, Sjoerd and van de Poel, Ibo and van Mil, Harald and Brumsen, Michiel}, citeulike-article-id = {4214746}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-006-0063-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/dp32747lj3791507}, day = {24}, doi = {10.1007/s11948-006-0063-2}, journal = {Science and Engineering Ethics}, keywords = {ethical-parallel-research, group-decision-room, network-approach, research-and-development, responsibility, risks, tpm-fil}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {663--684}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 15:38:11}, priority = {2}, title = {A network approach for distinguishing ethical issues in research and development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-006-0063-2}, volume = {12}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4214746 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4214746 N2 - Abstract  In this paper we report on our experiences with using network analysis to discern and analyse ethical issues in research into, and the development of, a new wastewater treatment technology. Using network analysis, we preliminarily interpreted some of our observations in a Group Decision Room (GDR) session where we invited important stakeholders to think about the risks of this new technology. We show how a network approach is useful for understanding the observations, and suggests some relevant ethical issues. We argue that a network approach is also useful for ethical analysis of issues in other fields of research and development. The abandoning of the overarching rationality assumption, which is central to network approaches, does not have to lead to ethical relativism. IS - 4 JF - Science and Engineering Ethics EP - 684 TI - A network approach for distinguishing ethical issues in research and development VL - 12 SP - 663 KW - ethical-parallel-research KW - group-decision-room KW - network-approach KW - research-and-development KW - responsibility KW - risks KW - tpm-fil AU - Zwart, Sjoerd AU - van de Poel, Ibo AU - van Mil, Harald AU - Brumsen, Michiel PY - 2006/12/24/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-006-0063-2 ER -