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Toward a More Democratic Ethic of Technological Governance

Andrew D. Zimmerman

Delaware Technical and Community College

Recent scholarship in technology and society studies has given attention to the notion of technological citizenship. This article seeks to further integrate perspectives on this topic with theoretical contributions about the development of moral autonomy. The author challenges the presumption that the strategy of expanding opportunities for participation in technological decision making will in itself develop people's autonomy and citizenship. He argues that concurrent efforts must be made to democratize the political-economic structures of key technologies and to help people prepare morally for citizenship roles in governing these technologies. On this basis, a series of initiatives are suggested.

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 20, No. 1, 86-107 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/016224399502000105
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