Animals, Ethics, and Engineering: Intersections and Implications is a seminal work that explores the intricate relationship between technology, ethics, and the welfare of non-human animals. Edited by Rosalyn W. Berne, this volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine the ethical responsibilities inherent in technological progress and its impact on animal well-being.
This book is a seminal work that explores the intricate relationship between technology, ethics, and the welfare of non-human animals. Edited by Rosalyn W. Berne, this volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine the ethical responsibilities inherent in technological progress and its impact on animal well-being.
1. Introduction: Considering Non-Human Animals in Engineering Ethics
Education
2. The Ethical Quandary of Animal Well-being and Its Relevance for
Engineers
3. Engineering in a Multispecies World: Animal Geographies, Ethics,
and Place
4. Missing Voices: Non-human animals as stakeholders in engineering
design
5. Bridging the divide: toward a holistic approach to animal ethics
6.
The Value of Life: Resuscitation, Resurrection, and the Ethics of
De-Extinction
7. Animal-Centered Technology and Sustainable Development: An
Earth Odyssey
8. Ethical and Societal Issues Occasioned by
Xenotransplantation
9. Understanding Ethical Issues Raised by Veterinary
Medical AI
10. The 3Rs principles and genetic pain disenhancement
11. Animals
and AI: The role of animals in AI research and application an overview and
ethical evaluation
12. Touchscreen Uses for Animals: Teaching Discrimination
Tasks
13. An Investigation into the Encounter Between Social Robots and
Animals
14. Lead a Horse to Water: Beach Ponies in the American South and the
Cultivation of Ferality
15. Mechanical Symbiotes: Robotics in Coral
Restoration
16. To See the Bees: Reflections of a Beekeeper on her Journey of
Healing
17. Designing and Crafting Systems for Non-Human Animals:
Inspirations from Elephants
18. Why Are Non-Human Animals Neglected in
Engineering Ethics Education?
Rosalyn W. Berne is the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and chair of the Department of Engineering and Society in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia, USA, and co-directs the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science. As an ethics scholar, she explores the intersecting realms of emerging and converging technologies, science fiction and myth, and the links between the human and nonhuman worlds. Her publications include Nanotalk: Conversations with Scientists and Engineers about Ethics, Meaning, and Belief in the Development of Nanotechnology (2006); Waiting in the Silence (2012), a science fiction novel; When the Horses Whisper (2013); Creating Life from Life: Biotechnology and Science Fiction (2014); and Waking to Beauty (2016). Prof. Berne is a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education.
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