2022
Hopster, J. K. G.; Arora, C.; Blunden, C.; Eriksen, C.; Frank, L. E.; Hermann, J. S.; Klenk, M. B. O. T.; O’Neill, E. R. H.; Steinert, S.
Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions Journal Article
In: Inquiry, pp. 1–33, 2022, ISSN: 1502-3923, (This article gives a useful overview of the literature on technomoral revolutions, and suggests different ways in which values may change.).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Policy, philosophy, theme:value-change, value dynamics
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title = {Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions},
author = {J. K. G. Hopster and C. Arora and C. Blunden and C. Eriksen and L. E. Frank and J. S. Hermann and M. B. O. T. Klenk and E. R. H. O’Neill and S. Steinert},
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Poel, Ibo; Kudina, Olya
Understanding Technology-Induced Value Change: a Pragmatist Proposal Journal Article
In: Philos. Technol., vol. 35, no. 2, 2022, ISSN: 2210-5441, (This article proposes a pragmatist understanding of why and how values may change.).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: History and Philosophy of Science, philosophy, theme:value-change, value dynamics
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title = {Understanding Technology-Induced Value Change: a Pragmatist Proposal},
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</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>},
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<jats:title>Abstract
</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>
</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>
Wildt, T. E.; Poel, I. R.; Chappin, E. J. L.
Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets Journal Article
In: Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 429–458, 2022, ISSN: 1552-8251.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Anthropology, Economics and Econometrics, human-computer interaction, philosophy, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science, theme:value-change
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title = {Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets},
author = {T. E. Wildt and I. R. Poel and E. J. L. Chappin},
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abstract = {<jats:p>We propose a new approach for tracing value change. Value change may lead to a mismatch between current value priorities in society and the values for which technologies were designed in the past, such as energy technologies based on fossil fuels, which were developed when sustainability was not considered a very important value. Better anticipating value change is essential to avoid a lack of social acceptance and moral acceptability of technologies. While value change can be studied historically and qualitatively, we propose a more quantitative approach that uses large text corpora. It uses probabilistic topic models, which allow us to trace (new) values that are (still) latent. We demonstrate the approach for five types of value change in technology. Our approach is useful for testing hypotheses about value change, such as verifying whether value change has occurred and identifying patterns of value change. The approach can be used to trace value change for various technologies and text corpora, including scientific articles, newspaper articles, and policy documents.</jats:p>},
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<jats:p>We propose a new approach for tracing value change. Value change may lead to a mismatch between current value priorities in society and the values for which technologies were designed in the past, such as energy technologies based on fossil fuels, which were developed when sustainability was not considered a very important value. Better anticipating value change is essential to avoid a lack of social acceptance and moral acceptability of technologies. While value change can be studied historically and qualitatively, we propose a more quantitative approach that uses large text corpora. It uses probabilistic topic models, which allow us to trace (new) values that are (still) latent. We demonstrate the approach for five types of value change in technology. Our approach is useful for testing hypotheses about value change, such as verifying whether value change has occurred and identifying patterns of value change. The approach can be used to trace value change for various technologies and text corpora, including scientific articles, newspaper articles, and policy documents.</jats:p>
2021
Wildt, Tristan De; Poel, Ibo; Chappin, Emile
Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets Journal Article
In: Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 47, pp. 016224392110544, 2021, (This article explains how topic modelling methods can be used to trace (and monitor) value change over time. See also www.valuemonitor.eu).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: theme:value-change, value dynamics
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title = {Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets},
author = {Tristan De Wildt and Ibo Poel and Emile Chappin},
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year = {2021},
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2020
Steinert, Steffen
Corona and value change. The role of social media and emotional contagion Miscellaneous
2020.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: COVID-19, societal impact, theme:value-change, value:health
@misc{Steinert2020,
title = {Corona and value change. The role of social media and emotional contagion},
author = {Steffen Steinert},
editor = {J. van den Hoven M. J. Dennis and Georgy Ishmaev},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-020-09545-z},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09545-z},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-07-21},
abstract = {People share their emotions on social media and evidence suggests that in times of crisis people are especially motivated to post emotional content. The current Coronavirus pandemic is such a crisis. The online sharing of emotional content during the Coronavirus crisis may contribute to societal value change. Emotion sharing via social media could lead to emotional contagion which in turn could facilitate an emotional climate in a society. In turn, the emotional climate of a society can influence society’s value structure. The emotions that spread in the current Coronavirus crisis are predominantly negative, which could result in a negative emotional climate. Based on the dynamic relations of values to each other and the way that emotions relate to values, a negative emotional climate can contribute to societal value change towards values related to security preservation and threat avoidance. As a consequence, a negative emotional climate and the shift in values could lead to a change in political attitudes that has implications for rights, freedom, privacy and moral progress. Considering the impact of social media in terms of emotional contagion and a longer-lasting value change is an important perspective in thinking about the ethical long-term impact of social media technology.},
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People share their emotions on social media and evidence suggests that in times of crisis people are especially motivated to post emotional content. The current Coronavirus pandemic is such a crisis. The online sharing of emotional content during the Coronavirus crisis may contribute to societal value change. Emotion sharing via social media could lead to emotional contagion which in turn could facilitate an emotional climate in a society. In turn, the emotional climate of a society can influence society’s value structure. The emotions that spread in the current Coronavirus crisis are predominantly negative, which could result in a negative emotional climate. Based on the dynamic relations of values to each other and the way that emotions relate to values, a negative emotional climate can contribute to societal value change towards values related to security preservation and threat avoidance. As a consequence, a negative emotional climate and the shift in values could lead to a change in political attitudes that has implications for rights, freedom, privacy and moral progress. Considering the impact of social media in terms of emotional contagion and a longer-lasting value change is an important perspective in thinking about the ethical long-term impact of social media technology.
Reuver, Mark; Wynsberghe, Aimee; Janssen, Marijn; Poel, Ibo
Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty Journal Article
In: Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 22, 2020, (This article explains why better dealing with value change requires extending value-sensitive design to the full life cycle of products, and how this can be done.).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: theme:value-change, value dynamics
@article{articlee,
title = {Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty},
author = {Mark Reuver and Aimee Wynsberghe and Marijn Janssen and Ibo Poel},
doi = {10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
urldate = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Ethics and Information Technology},
volume = {22},
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2018
Poel, Ibo
Design for value change Journal Article
In: Ethics and Information Technology, 2018, ISSN: 1572-8439.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adaptability, flexibility, robustness, theme:value-change, value change, value sensitive design, values
@article{vandePoel2018,
title = {Design for value change},
author = {Ibo Poel},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9461-9},
doi = {10.1007/s10676-018-9461-9},
issn = {1572-8439},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-06-26},
journal = {Ethics and Information Technology},
abstract = {In the value sensitive design (VSD) literature, there has been little attention for how values may change during the adoption and use of a sociotechnical system, and what that implies for design. A value change taxonomy is proposed, as well as a number of technical features that allow dealing with value change.},
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In the value sensitive design (VSD) literature, there has been little attention for how values may change during the adoption and use of a sociotechnical system, and what that implies for design. A value change taxonomy is proposed, as well as a number of technical features that allow dealing with value change.
2017
Harteveld, Maurice
The Quest for Public Space: Changing Values in Urban Design, The City as Learning Lab and Living Lab Proceedings Article
In: Tieben, Hendrik; Geng, Yan; Rossin, Francesco (Ed.): The Entrepreneurial City; 10th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), Rotterdam, 2017, ISBN: 978-962-8272-33-4.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design for agency, design for democracy, design for inclusion, participatory design, public space, theme:value-change, urban design, value dynamics, value frameworks in urban design, value:democracy
@inproceedings{Harteveld2017,
title = {The Quest for Public Space: Changing Values in Urban Design, The City as Learning Lab and Living Lab},
author = {Maurice Harteveld},
editor = {Hendrik Tieben and Yan Geng and Francesco Rossin},
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abstract = {This article highlights the dynamics of values in our reasoning on public space. By means of an epistemological study, it tests the contemporary premises underlying our ways to safeguard the inclusive, democratic, agential city, and, as such, it aims to update our view on urban design. The article raises three subsequent questions:
[i] Is the city our common house as perceived from the Renaissance onward, containing all, and consequently are public spaces used by the people as a whole?
[ii] Is the city formalising our municipal autonomy as emphasised since the Enlightenment, in an anti-egoistic manner, and in this line, are public spaces owned by local governments representing the people? And,
[iii] is the city open to our general view as advocated in Modern reasoning, restricting entrepreneurial influences, and synchronically, is its public spaces seen and/or known by everyone?
Inclusiveness, democracy, agentiality are strongholds in our scientific thinking on public space and each issue echoes through in the practice on urban design. Yet, in an aim to keep cities connected and accessible, fair and vital, and open and social, conflicts appear. Primarily based upon reviewing urban theory and particularly experiencing the Amsterdam for this matter, the answering of questions generates remarks on this aim. Contemporary Western illuminations on pro-active citizens, participatory societies, and effects of social media and microblogging forecast a more differentiated image of public space and surmise to enforce diversification in our value framework in urban design.},
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This article highlights the dynamics of values in our reasoning on public space. By means of an epistemological study, it tests the contemporary premises underlying our ways to safeguard the inclusive, democratic, agential city, and, as such, it aims to update our view on urban design. The article raises three subsequent questions:
[i] Is the city our common house as perceived from the Renaissance onward, containing all, and consequently are public spaces used by the people as a whole?
[ii] Is the city formalising our municipal autonomy as emphasised since the Enlightenment, in an anti-egoistic manner, and in this line, are public spaces owned by local governments representing the people? And,
[iii] is the city open to our general view as advocated in Modern reasoning, restricting entrepreneurial influences, and synchronically, is its public spaces seen and/or known by everyone?
Inclusiveness, democracy, agentiality are strongholds in our scientific thinking on public space and each issue echoes through in the practice on urban design. Yet, in an aim to keep cities connected and accessible, fair and vital, and open and social, conflicts appear. Primarily based upon reviewing urban theory and particularly experiencing the Amsterdam for this matter, the answering of questions generates remarks on this aim. Contemporary Western illuminations on pro-active citizens, participatory societies, and effects of social media and microblogging forecast a more differentiated image of public space and surmise to enforce diversification in our value framework in urban design.
[i] Is the city our common house as perceived from the Renaissance onward, containing all, and consequently are public spaces used by the people as a whole?
[ii] Is the city formalising our municipal autonomy as emphasised since the Enlightenment, in an anti-egoistic manner, and in this line, are public spaces owned by local governments representing the people? And,
[iii] is the city open to our general view as advocated in Modern reasoning, restricting entrepreneurial influences, and synchronically, is its public spaces seen and/or known by everyone?
Inclusiveness, democracy, agentiality are strongholds in our scientific thinking on public space and each issue echoes through in the practice on urban design. Yet, in an aim to keep cities connected and accessible, fair and vital, and open and social, conflicts appear. Primarily based upon reviewing urban theory and particularly experiencing the Amsterdam for this matter, the answering of questions generates remarks on this aim. Contemporary Western illuminations on pro-active citizens, participatory societies, and effects of social media and microblogging forecast a more differentiated image of public space and surmise to enforce diversification in our value framework in urban design.