African Values, Ethics, and Technology

This book charts technological developments from an African ethical perspective. It explores the idea that while certain technologies have benefited Africans, the fact that these technologies were designed and produced in and for a different setting leads to conflicts with African ethical values. Written in a simple and engaging style, the authors apply an African ethical lens to themes such as: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the moral status of technology, technology and sexual relations, and bioethics and technology.

Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where she is also the Director of the Ethics Studies Department.

Auteur

Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where she is also the Director of the Ethics Studies Department.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Charting an African Perspective of Technological InnovationPart I The Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Ethics2. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Africa's Future: Reflections from African Ethics3. Africa in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A status quaestionis, from the cultural to the phenomenologicalPart II African Values, and Technology4. African Reasons Why AI Should Not Maximize Utility5. Values and Technological Development in an African Context6. African Cultural Values, Practices and Modern TechnologyPart III Technology, African Ethics and Sexual Relations7. Shifting Intimate Sexual Relations from Humans to Machines: An African Indigenous Ethical Perspective8. The Death of Isintu in Contemporary Technological Era: The Ethics of Sex Robots Among the Ndebele of MataboPart IV Technology, African Values and Human Relationship9. The Importance of a Neo-African Communitarianism in Virtual Space: An Ethical Inquiry for the African Teenager10. The Ambivalent Role of Technology on Human Relationships: An Afrocentric Exploration11. Interrogating Social Media Group Communication's Integrity: An African, Utilitarian PerspectivePart V Bioethics, African Values and Technology12. Bioethics and Technology: An African Ethical Perspective13. The Use of Sex Selection Reproductive Technology in Traditional African Societies: An Ethical Evaluation and a Case for Its Adaptation14. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Indigenous Akan Ethics: A Critical AnalysisPart VI African Religious Values and Technology15. The Impact of Technologies on African Religions: A Theological Perspective16. Technologization of Religion: The Unstoppable Revolution in the Zimbabwean Mainline Churches