Technology and society : opposing viewpoints / edited by Auriana Ojeda.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Publication details: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press ; Detroit : Gale Group Thomson Learning, c2002.Description: 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780737709124
- 073770912X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0737709138 (alk. paper)
- 306.46 21 TEC
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Contents;
Chapter 1: Has technology harmed society?
1. Technology has harmed society
2. Technology has improved society
3. Technology has created a digital divide
4. Technology has not created a digital divide
etc.
Chapter 2: Are technological advances in medicine beneficial?
1. Research involving human subjects is vital to medicine
2. Research involving human subjects is prone to abuse
3. Selling human organs is ethical
4. Selling human organs is unethical
etc.
Chapter 3: How has technology affected privacy?
1. The internet threatens privacy
2. technology may not threaten privacy
3. Workplace monitoring violates employee privacy
4. Workplace monitoring can be ethical
Chapter 4: How will technology affect society in the future?
1. The future of technology can be predicted
2. The future of technology cannot be predicted
3. Technology may threaten society
4. Technology will not threaten society
etc.
Bibliographical references : p. 209-211 . _ Index :p. 212-219.
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