Science, technology, and virtues : contemporary perspectives : [Workshop, University of Notre Dame, 2018

Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology. Scientific practice requires not only following prescribed rules but also cultivating judgment, building mental habits, and developing proper emotional responses. The rich philosophical traditions around virtue can provide key insights into scientific research, including understanding how daily practice shapes scientists themselves and how ethical dilemmas created by modern scientific research and technology should be navigated. __Science, Technology, and Virtues__ gathers both new and eminent scholars to show how concepts of virtue can help us better understand, construct, and use the products of modern science and technology. Contributors draw from examples across philosophy, history, sociology, political science, and engineering to explore how virtue theory can help orient science and technology towards the pursuit of the good life. Split into four major sections, this volume covers virtues in science, technology, epistemology, and research ethics, with individual chapters discussing applications of virtues to scientific practice, the influence of virtue ethics on socially responsible research, and the concept of "failing well" within the scientific community. Rather than offer easy solutions, the essays in this volume instead illustrate how virtue concepts can provide a productive and illuminating perspective on two phenomena at the core of modern life. Fresh and thought-provoking, __Science, Technology, and Virtues__ presents a pluralistic set of scholarship to show how virtue concepts can enrich our understanding of scientific research, guide the design and use of new technologies, and shape how we envision future scientists, engineers, consumers, and citizens. "Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology. Scientific practice requires not only following prescribed rules but also cultivating judgment, building mental habits, and developing proper emotional responses. The rich philosophical traditions around virtue can provide key insights into scientific research, including understanding how daily practice shapes scientists themselves and how ethical dilemmas created by modern scientific research and technology should be navigated. Science, Technology, and Virtues gathers both new and eminent scholars to show how concepts of virtue can help us better understand, construct, and use the products of modern science and technology. Contributors draw from examples across philosophy, history, sociology, political science, and engineering to explore how virtue theory can help orient science and technology towards the pursuit of the good life. Split into four major sections, this volume covers virtues in science, technology, epistemology, and research ethics, with individual chapters discussing applications of virtues to scientific practice, the influence of virtue ethics on socially responsible research, and the concept of 'failing well' within the scientific community. Rather than offer easy solutions, the essays in this volume instead illustrate how virtue concepts can provide a productive and illuminating perspective on two phenomena at the core of modern life."--Provided by publisher COVER 1 Title_Pages 2 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Editors 9 Contributors 10 Using_Virtue_to_Think_About_Science_and_Technology 13 I. VIRTUES IN SCIENCE 26 1. Sacrifice in Service to Truth: The Epistemic Virtues of Victorian British Science 28 2. Seeing Science as a Communal Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics, and the Study of Science 48 3. Studying Scientific Virtues: Bridging Philosophy and Social Science 69 II. VIRTUES AND TECHNOLO GY 86 4. Twenty-First-Century Virtue: Living Well with Emerging Technologies 88 5. Mindful Technology 108 6. Virtuous Engineers: Ethical Dimensions of Technical Decisions 128 7. Artificial Phronesis: What It Is and What It Is Not 147 III. VIRTUES AND EPISTEMOLO GY 158 8. Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Virtue 160 9. Virtue and Contingent History: Engineering Science 172 10. Is “Failing Well” a Sign of Scientific Virtue? 189 11. Virtues in Scientific Practice 211 IV. VIRTUES AND RESEARCH ETHICS 233 12. Integrating Virtue Ethics into Responsible-Conduct-of-Research Programs: Challenges and Opportunities 235 13. Virtue Ethics and the Social Responsibilities of Researchers 255 14. Dynamic Boundaries: Using Boundary Work to Rethink Scientific Virtues 279 Index 296 Science, Technology, and Virtues gathers a diversity of perspectives to show how concepts of virtue can help us better understand, construct, and use the products of modern science and technology.