Rethinking techno-moral disruption in bioethics, society, and justice

Jon Rueda; Jonathan Pugh; Julian Savulescu

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.008

Rethinking techno-moral disruption in bioethics, society, and justice

Trends Biotechnol. 2023 Jun;41(6):743-744. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.008. Epub 2023 Feb 2.

Authors

Jon Rueda¹, Jonathan Pugh², Julian Savulescu³

Affiliations

¹ University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: ruetxe@ugr.es.
² Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 36739180
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.008

Abstract

In response to De Proost and Segers, we provide further reflections on how technologies induce moral change. We discuss moral changes at the societal level as distinguished from changes in bioethical principles or ethical concepts, impacts on theories of justice, and whether the transformations are negative or positive.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bioethics*
Morals
Social Justice

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom