Science, Technology, and Virtues

Emanuele Ratti is Univeristy Assistant in the Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method at Johannes Kepler University Linz. His research expertise is in the history and philosophy of science and technology, with a focus on genomics, biomedicine, and data science. He also researches data ethics, and he is developing a novel approach to integrate virtue ethics and microethics in data science education.Thomas A. Stapleford is Associate Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A historian of the human sciences and economics, he is the author of The Cost of Living in America: A Political History of Economic Statistics (Cambridge, 2009) and has published articles in a diverse set of journals.

This volume presents a very timely collection of perspectives from virtue ethics and virtue epistemology on science and technology. The contributions present overviews of how insights from virtue are changing the way we understand science and technology... I would highly recommend that readers interested in the topic add the present volume to their reading lists.

• Acknowledgments List of Editors List of Contributors Introduction I. VIRTUES IN SCIENCE 1. Sacrifice in Service to Truth: The Epistemic Virtues of Victorian British Science Richard Bellon 2. Seeing Science as a Communal Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics, and the Study of Science Thomas A. Stapleford and Daniel J. Hicks 3. Studying Scientific Virtues: Bridging Philosophy and Social Science Robert T. Pennock and Jon D. Miller II. VIRTUES AND TECHNOLOGY 4. Twenty-First-Century Virtue: Living Well with Emerging Technologies Shannon Vallor 5. Mindful Technology Mike W. Martin 6. Virtuous Engineers: Ethical Dimensions of Technical Decisions Jon Alan Schmidt 7. Artificial Phronesis: What It Is and What It Is Not John P. Sullins III. VIRTUES AND EPISTEMOLOGY 8. Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Virtue Emanuele Ratti 9. Virtue and Contingent History: Engineering Science Laura Ruetsche 10. Is "Failing Well" a Sign of Scientific Virtue? Jutta Schickore 11. Virtues in Scientific Practice Dana Tulodziecki IV. VIRTUES AND RESEARCH ETHICS 12. Integrating Virtue Ethics into Responsible-Conduct-of-Research Programs: Challenges and Opportunities Jiin-Yu Chen 13. Virtue Ethics and the Social Responsibilities of Researchers Mark Bourgeois 14. Dynamic Boundaries: Using Boundary Work to Rethink Scientific Virtues Louise Bezuidenhout and Dori Beeler Index