Jeroen van den Hoven

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Applying VSD in practice In the previous section, we discussed the origins of VSD and its importance. We used the following definitions from Bayta Friedman  and Prof. Jeroen van den Hoven respectively: 'Ultimately, VSD requires that we broaden the goals and criteria for judging the quality of technological systems to include those that advance human values.' [VSD is a] way of doing…

One of the seminal articles illustrating values embedded in technology would be Langdon Winner's "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" (This is a highly recommended article, you can read it here .) Over time, VSD has come to represent a conscious effort to design technologies in such a way that they preserve human dignity, justice, welfare and human rights. With respect to Responsible…

In the following lecture by Prof. Jeroen van den Hoven, we will cover briefly how Value Sensitive Design arose as a concept.  

The " Trolley Dilemma " (or the "Trolley Problem") consists of a series of hypothetical scenarios developed by British philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967. Each scenario presents an extreme environment that tests the subject's ethical prowess. In 1985, American philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson scrutinized and expanded on Foot's ideas in The Yale Law Journal. The Trolley…

The following web lecture is about moral dilemmas and the moral overload of trying to satisfy these dilemmas.    The most basic definition of a moral dilemma is the following: The agent ought to do A.   The agent ought to do B.   The agent  cannot  do  both  A and B. Moral problems in science and technology often take the form of such moral dilemmas.  Scientists, engineers and designers often…

In this collection we will look at a number of ethical considerations and discuss: The famous trolley problem (and ask yourself: what would I do if I had to make a choice) How to deal with moral overload Collective and individual moral   responsibility Risky technologies and emotions The problem of the many hands: who is to blame in case of an accident when many actors are involved?