3TU.Ethics will study ethical issues in the development, use and regulation of technology. Some examples of questions addressed in the research program are:
* How can we see to it that new emerging and converging technologies, smart artifacts, next generation infrastructures, information systems and architectures express our considered moral judgments and widely endorsed public values?
* How can we make sure that they inherit our good intentions?
* How can we assess our technology in the light of a set of public moral values; e.g. sustainability, user autonomy, safety, privacy, accountability, transparency and democracy, quality of life?
* How can public values be accommodated in the design process?
* What role should public actors play in decision making about technological risks in the design process?
* And how do we take into account that our norms and values are affected themselves by technological development?
