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Technology Traps Who Is Responsible?

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  • Peter B. Crabb

    (The Pennsylvania State University at Hazleton, USA)

  • Steven E. Stern

    (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA)

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Technologies can have harmful effects on users’ psychological health, on society, and on the environment. “Technology traps” arise when users and societies become stuck with technologies and the harmful consequences produced by these technologies. In this paper, the authors describe five technology traps: incompetence, self-miscontrol, misbehavior, techno-centrism, and environmental degradation. The authors then examine the share of ethical responsibility for these traps among end-users, businesses, and government.

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  • Peter B. Crabb & Steven E. Stern, 2010. "Technology Traps Who Is Responsible?," International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), IGI Global, vol. 1(2), pages 19-26, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jt0000:v:1:y:2010:i:2:p:19-26
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