Ethics and technology design |
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| Authors: | Anders Albrechtslund |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Kroghstraede 3, DK-9220 Aalborg East, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | This article offers a discussion of the connection between technology and values and, specifically, I take a closer look at
ethically sound design. In order to bring the discussion into a concrete context, the theory of Value Sensitive Design (VSD)
will be the focus point. To illustrate my argument concerning design ethics, the discussion involves a case study of an augmented
window, designed by the VSD Research Lab, which has turned out to be a potentially surveillance-enabling technology. I call
attention to a “positivist problem” that has to do with the connection between the design context and the use context, which
VSD seems to presuppose, and I argue that it is necessary to clearly distinguish between the two, since the designers’ intentions
do not always correspond with the users’ practice; in fact, the relation between design and use is very complex and principally
unpredictable. Thus, a design theory must accept that foresight is limited to anticipation rather than prediction. To overcome
the positivist problem, I suggest a phenomenological approach to technology inspired by Don Ihde’s concept of multistability.
This argument, which is general in nature and thus applies to any theory of design ethics, is intended as a constructive criticism,
which can hopefully contribute to the further development of design ethics. |
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| Keywords: | ethics multistability surveillance technology design value sensitive design |
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