African Values, Ethics, and Technology Questions, Issues, and Approaches /
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| Summary: | XVI, 284 p. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70550-3 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Charting an African Perspective of Technological Innovation
- Part I The Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Ethics
- 2. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Africa’s Future: Reflections from African Ethics
- 3. Africa in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A status quaestionis, from the cultural to the phenomenological
- Part II African Values, and Technology
- 4. African Reasons Why AI Should Not Maximize Utility
- 5. Values and Technological Development in an African Context
- 6. African Cultural Values, Practices and Modern Technology
- Part III Technology, African Ethics and Sexual Relations
- 7. Shifting Intimate Sexual Relations from Humans to Machines: An African Indigenous Ethical Perspective
- 8. The Death of Isintu in Contemporary Technological Era: The Ethics of Sex Robots Among the Ndebele of Matabo
- Part IV Technology, African Values and Human Relationship
- 9. The Importance of a Neo-African Communitarianism in Virtual Space: An Ethical Inquiry for the African Teenager
- 10. The Ambivalent Role of Technology on Human Relationships: An Afrocentric Exploration
- 11. Interrogating Social Media Group Communication’s Integrity: An African, Utilitarian Perspective
- Part V Bioethics, African Values and Technology
- 12. Bioethics and Technology: An African Ethical Perspective
- 13. The Use of Sex Selection Reproductive Technology in Traditional African Societies: An Ethical Evaluation and a Case for Its Adaptation
- 14. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Indigenous Akan Ethics: A Critical Analysis
- Part VI African Religious Values and Technology
- 15. The Impact of Technologies on African Religions: A Theological Perspective
- 16. Technologization of Religion: The Unstoppable Revolution in the Zimbabwean Mainline Churches.