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Principles and Framework for the Operationalisation of Meaningful Human Control Over Autonomous Systems. 对自治系统进行有意义的人类控制的操作原则和框架。

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Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00554-z

Simeon C Calvert

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Who Cares for Space Debris? Conflicting Logics of Security and Sustainability in Space Situational Awareness Practices. 谁关心太空碎片？空间态势感知实践中安全与可持续性的冲突逻辑。

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Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00550-3

Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Kai Strycker, Vitali Braun

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After Harm: A Plea for Moral Repair after Algorithms Have Failed. 伤害之后：算法失败后的道德修复请求。

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Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00555-y

Pak-Hang Wong, Gernot Rieder

{"title":"After Harm: A Plea for Moral Repair after Algorithms Have Failed.","authors":"Pak-Hang Wong, Gernot Rieder","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00555-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11948-025-00555-y","url":null,"abstract":"In response to growing concerns over the societal impacts of AI and algorithmic decision-making, current scholarly and legal efforts have mainly focused on identifying risks and implementing safeguards against harmful consequences, with regulations seeking to ensure that systems are secure, trustworthy, and ethical. This preventative approach, however, rests on the assumption that algorithmic harm can essentially be avoided by specifying rules and requirements that protect against potential dangers. Consequently, comparatively little attention has been given to post-harm scenarios, i.e. cases and situations where individuals have already been harmed by an algorithmic system. We contend that this inattention to the aftermath of harm constitutes a major blind spot in AI ethics and governance and propose the notion of algorithmic imprint as a sensitizing concept for understanding both the nature and potential longer-term effects of algorithmic harm. Arguing that neither the decommissioning of harmful systems nor the reversal of damaging decisions is sufficient to fully address these effects, we suggest that a more comprehensive response to algorithmic harm requires engaging in discussions on moral repair, offering directions on what such a plea for moral repair ultimately entails.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 5","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12446399/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Social Disruptiveness-Based Approach to AI Governance: Complementing the Risk-Based Approach of the AI Act. 基于社会颠覆性的人工智能治理方法：补充人工智能法案基于风险的方法。

IF 3 2区哲学

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00545-0

Samuela Marchiori, Jeroen K G Hopster, Anna Puzio, M Birna van Riemsdijk, Steven R Kraaijeveld, Björn Lundgren, Juri Viehoff, Lily E Frank

{"title":"A Social Disruptiveness-Based Approach to AI Governance: Complementing the Risk-Based Approach of the AI Act.","authors":"Samuela Marchiori, Jeroen K G Hopster, Anna Puzio, M Birna van Riemsdijk, Steven R Kraaijeveld, Björn Lundgren, Juri Viehoff, Lily E Frank","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00545-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00545-0","url":null,"abstract":"The AI Act advances a risk-based approach to the legal regulation of AI systems in the European Union. While we support this development, we argue that adequate AI governance requires paying attention to the broader implications of AI systems on the socio-technical landscape in which they are designed, developed, and used. In addition to risk-based impact assessments, this involves coming to terms with the socially disruptive implications of AI, which should be governed and guided in a dynamic ecosystem of regulation, law, ethics, and evolving human practice. In this paper, we outline a 'social disruptiveness-based' approach to AI governance aimed at addressing disruptions by AI that are not easily captured by legal regulation, but that are nonetheless of great societal and ethical concern. We argue that integrating the AI Act risk-based approach with a social disruptiveness-based approach can offer a more nuanced understanding of the dimensions of impact of AI systems on society at large, thus enhancing the governance of AI and other socially disruptive technologies.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 5","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12391233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Transgenerational Projects and Entangled Domination: Revisiting Autonomy in Radioactive Waste Management. 跨代项目和纠缠支配：重新审视放射性废物管理中的自主性。

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Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00551-2

Shin-Etsu Sugawara

{"title":"Transgenerational Projects and Entangled Domination: Revisiting Autonomy in Radioactive Waste Management.","authors":"Shin-Etsu Sugawara","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00551-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00551-2","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the ethical implications of long-term, transgenerational projects through the lens of neo-republican theory, focusing on the issue of intergenerational domination. Traditional accounts of intergenerational justice often emphasize one-directional influence from present to future generations. This study proposes a threefold generational framework-the current generation (CG), subsequent generations (SGs), and remote generations (RGs)-to better capture the temporal complexity and multi-layered dependencies that define transgenerational projects such as radioactive waste management. Building on the concept of projectual reciprocity, the paper argues that SGs do not merely receive pre-commitments from the CG but play a crucial role in the continuation or discontinuation of long-term projects, thereby holding a latent power over both the CG and RGs. This relational structure reveals a complex web of entangled dominations, where minimizing domination for one generational group may inadvertently increase it for another. Through comparative analysis of geological disposal and interim storage, the study critically reassesses the autonomy-related claims associated with each option and highlights the normative significance of reversibility and retrievability as mechanisms of intergenerational contestability. In this context, autonomy is redefined not as mere access to options, but as non-domination, following the neo-republican conception. The ethical concern lies not in the presence or absence of material harm per se, but in the extent to which RGs are structurally subordinated to the discretionary actions of their predecessors. By challenging conventional accounts of autonomy, the paper offers a revised framework for evaluating the legitimacy of transgenerational projects.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 5","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12370860/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Developing Ethical Responsibility in Future Nanoscience Professionals Through Scenario-Based Assessment. 通过基于场景的评估培养未来纳米科学专业人员的伦理责任。

IF 3 2区哲学

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00549-w

Yana Suchikova, Serhii Kovachov, Olena Kryvylova, Anastasia Popova, Hanna Mytsyk, Maryna Nesterenko, Kristina Petryk, Natalia Tsybuliak, Hanna Lopatina

{"title":"Developing Ethical Responsibility in Future Nanoscience Professionals Through Scenario-Based Assessment.","authors":"Yana Suchikova, Serhii Kovachov, Olena Kryvylova, Anastasia Popova, Hanna Mytsyk, Maryna Nesterenko, Kristina Petryk, Natalia Tsybuliak, Hanna Lopatina","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00549-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00549-w","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluates the formation of ethical responsibility among master's students enrolled in the \"Applied Physics and Nanomaterials\" program. Recognizing the pivotal role of ethics in the evolving field of nanoscience, the research implements a three-phase methodology that integrates an Initial Ethical Responsibility Assessment, a facilitator-led Group Discussion, and a Retest Ethical Responsibility Assessment. The assessments are based on realistic scenarios reflecting ethical dilemmas that students may encounter in professional practice. This dual approach - combining quantitative assessment with qualitative analysis - provides a comprehensive understanding of students' ethical reasoning and decision-making. Results indicate varying levels of ethical responsibility, underscoring the need for more integrated ethics education in nanoscience curricula. The study contributes to ongoing discussions on the importance of ethics in scientific training, especially in high-impact fields such as nanotechnology. It offers educators a structured framework for embedding ethics into technical education, ensuring that future nanomaterials specialists are not only proficient scientists but also ethically responsible professionals. The article concludes with recommendations for enhancing ethics education in nanoscience through interactive, scenario-based, and discussion-centered learning methods.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 5","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12370829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Intervention to Promote Ethical Authorship Practices in Graduate Education. 促进研究生教育中伦理作者实践的干预。

IF 3 2区哲学

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00548-x

Elise Demeter, Andrew McBride, Holly Holladay-Sandidge, Lisa M Rasmussen, George Banks, Katherine Hall-Hertel

{"title":"Intervention to Promote Ethical Authorship Practices in Graduate Education.","authors":"Elise Demeter, Andrew McBride, Holly Holladay-Sandidge, Lisa M Rasmussen, George Banks, Katherine Hall-Hertel","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00548-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11948-025-00548-x","url":null,"abstract":"Authorship credit is essential for researchers' success in academia. For academics collaborating with others, differing perceptions of how to value different contributions, disciplinary differences in authorship conventions, and power differences among collaborators can make authorship decisions more difficult to navigate in ways that feel fair and transparent to all involved. Graduate students may feel particularly disadvantaged in authorship decisions due to their relative lack of publishing experience. Here we tested the effectiveness of an educational training intervention designed to promote ethical authorship practices by supporting graduate students' knowledge of authorship and authorship ethics and their ability to effectively navigate authorship conversations with collaborators. Students (n = 185) underwent an online training program and used an authorship agreement form to discuss authorship on a research project with their faculty mentor. We randomly assigned half of the students to undergo an additional small group workshop to test the level of institutional investments needed to see benefits for students. We found the online training and authorship agreement forms boosted students' perceptions of their authorship knowledge and confidence effectively navigating authorship conversations with collaborators. The additional workshop did not yield further benefits for students' outcomes, suggesting that institutions can help promote ethical authorship through low-cost, scalable educational resources.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 4","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12325519/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144785798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Emotions in Engineering Ethics Education: Systematic Review and Ways Forward. 工程伦理教育中的情感：系统回顾与展望。

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Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00543-2

Roland Tormey, Alberto Bellocchi, Pia Bøgelund, Johanna Lönngren, Homero Murzi, Madeline Polmear

{"title":"Emotions in Engineering Ethics Education: Systematic Review and Ways Forward.","authors":"Roland Tormey, Alberto Bellocchi, Pia Bøgelund, Johanna Lönngren, Homero Murzi, Madeline Polmear","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00543-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11948-025-00543-2","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion is an increasingly important concept in ethics, education, and engineering. It is also important for the intersection of these three domains: engineering ethics education. Despite extensive research being conducted independently in each field, there has yet to be a synthesis across the fields which would identify key themes, concepts or theories in use, and which would identify conceptual spaces for development. That is the goal of this paper. Our extensive systematic review identified 30 publications relevant to engineering, technology, or computer science education that were substantively focused on emotions and ethics. We coded these abductively and analyzed them thematically to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts. Most publications included theorizations of emotion, ethics, or moral reasoning, and the ways they are related. Three - primarily psychological - theoretical frameworks were widely used: (A) empathy and pro-social action, (B) moral emotions, and (C) emotional intelligence/ emotional regulation. Possible intersections and relationships between these three frameworks were, however, largely unexplored in the included publications. We conclude that (1) researchers can break down conceptual silos by engaging with the relationships between different theories of emotion and ethics, (2) exploring academic emotions - emotions in the process of learning engineering ethics - presents considerable opportunities for further development, and (3) there is a need to broaden the theoretical base to supplement the current individualistic focus with more social theories of emotion and ethics.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 4","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144734935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does Humanness Matter? An Ethical Evaluation of Sharing Care Work with Social Robots. 人性重要吗？与社交机器人共享护理工作的伦理评价。

IF 3 2区哲学

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00547-y

Emilian Mihailov, Tenzin Wangmo

{"title":"Does Humanness Matter? An Ethical Evaluation of Sharing Care Work with Social Robots.","authors":"Emilian Mihailov, Tenzin Wangmo","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00547-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11948-025-00547-y","url":null,"abstract":"While social robots offer potential benefits like task assistance and companionship, their integration raises concerns about the erosion of human connection and the dehumanization of care. Through a qualitative study of older adults, family caregivers, and professional caregivers in Switzerland, we examined their perceptions of social robots and their understanding of the \"human contact\" in eldercare. Findings revealed the importance of emotional warmth, complex social interactions, and empathy. However, participants also acknowledged the potential benefits of such robots in specific tasks. We argue that the ethical assessment of care robots should focus on determining when robotic contact is desirable. By understanding the limitations of human connection and that humanness is a dual character concept (both descriptive and normative), we identify scenarios where social robots may offer advantages, such as providing care without judging and stimulate social engagement. Robotic \"touch\" can potentially complement human care in certain situations, preserving older persons' dignity and improving their quality of life.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 4","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12304055/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144734934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Considering the Social and Economic Sustainability of AI. 考虑人工智能的社会和经济可持续性。

IF 3 2区哲学

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1007/s11948-025-00544-1

Rosalie Waelen, Aimee van Wynsberghe

{"title":"Considering the Social and Economic Sustainability of AI.","authors":"Rosalie Waelen, Aimee van Wynsberghe","doi":"10.1007/s11948-025-00544-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11948-025-00544-1","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the notion of 'sustainable AI' has emerged as a new topic within the wider debate on artificial intelligence (AI). Although sustainability is usually understood as having three dimensions - the environment, society, and the economy - the debate on sustainable AI, so far, is characterized by a narrow focus on the environmental sustainability of AI. In this article, it is argued that the debate on sustainable AI should not only be about AI's environmental costs, but also incorporate social and economic concerns. More precisely, the article shows that AI's environmental impact is often connected to important social and economic issues. Through an analysis of existing literature on the sustainability of AI, it is demonstrated that ethical and philosophical arguments about the importance of considering the environmental costs of AI apply just as well to the social and economic dimensions of AI development. The aim of this article is thus to present a broader understanding of sustainable AI; one that includes all three pillars of sustainability and acknowledges the interdependence between AI's environmental, social and economic costs.","PeriodicalId":49564,"journal":{"name":"Science and Engineering Ethics","volume":"31 4","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12289707/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144709641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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