Technology and society
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Auriana Ojeda, book editor.
Contributors: Ojeda, Auriana, 1977-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Gale Group Thomson Learning
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif; Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects; Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: Technology has harmed society -- Tom Mahon; title: Technology has improved society -- V.V. Raman; title: Technology has created a digital divide -- Mickey Revenaugh; title: Technology has not created a digital divide -- Eric Cohen; title: The government should regulate technology -- William F. Ray; title: The government should not regulate technology -- James K. Glassman; title: Research involving human subjects is vital to medicine -- Jennifer Brookes; title: Research involving human subjects is prone to abuse -- Neal D. Barnard; title: Selling human organs is ethical -- The lancet; title: Selling human organs is unethical -- William E. Stempsey; title: Animal transplants may solve the organ shortage -- Steve Connor; title: Animal transplants will not solve the organ shortage -- Alan H. Berger and Gil Lamont; title: Fetal stem cell research may improve medicine -- Lawrence S.B. Goldstein; title: Fetal stem cell research is unethical -- John Kass; title: The internet threatens privacy -- Jeffrey Rothfeder; title: Technology may not threaten privacy -- Travis Charbeneau; title: Workplace monitoring violates employee privacy -- Dana Hawkins; title: Workplace monitoring can be ethical -- Laura Pincus Hartman; title: The future of technology can be predicted -- Ian D. Pearson; title: The future of technology cannot be predicted -- Roger A. Pielke Jr. and Dan Sarewitz; title: Technology may threaten society -- Will Knight; title: Technology will not threaten society -- Chris Malcolm; title: Technology may affect human nature -- Joseph D'Agnese; title: Technology will not affect human nature -- Steven Pinker; title: Society must be restructured to accommodate technology-- William H. Davidow.