The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables
This paper aims to identify the ethical considerations driving the acceptance of and resistance to the use of insideable technology for human enhancement purposes, which are crucial to understand for the development of the cyborg technology market and businesses. While the literature privileges quan...
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| author | Stéphanie Gauttier Mario Arias-Oliva Kiyoshi Murata Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo |
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| description | This paper aims to identify the ethical considerations driving the acceptance of and resistance to the use of insideable technology for human enhancement purposes, which are crucial to understand for the development of the cyborg technology market and businesses. While the literature privileges quantitative approaches, investigations focused on a strand of ethical theory or a specific value, this study adopts a qualitative and holistic approach. Based on prior interview data and a literature review, 33 items representing various ethical considerations of interest are identified. A qualitative Q-study was conducted, in which 55 individuals in three different countries expressed their points of view on insideables regarding these items. Hence, four different views are presented, highlighting drivers of acceptance of human enhancement technologies, conditional acceptance, and mere rejection. These views reveal the trade-offs between values made by respondents, shedding light on the ethical bricolage at play. The role of ethical concerns and theories in models to study the acceptance of human enhancement technologies and their potential business implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a7046d08a3c4d498ebac452637f615d2024-12-04T05:15:05ZengElsevierComputers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans2949-88212024-08-0122100092The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideablesStéphanie Gauttier0Mario Arias-Oliva1Kiyoshi Murata2Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo3Grenoble Ecole de Management, 12 Rue Pierre Sémard, 38000, Grenoble, France; Corresponding author.Complutense University of Madrid, Av. Complutense, S/n, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040, Madrid, SpainMeiji University, 1 Chome-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0062, JapanUniversidad de La Rioja, Avda. de La Paz 93-103, 26006, Logroño. La Rioja. SpainThis paper aims to identify the ethical considerations driving the acceptance of and resistance to the use of insideable technology for human enhancement purposes, which are crucial to understand for the development of the cyborg technology market and businesses. While the literature privileges quantitative approaches, investigations focused on a strand of ethical theory or a specific value, this study adopts a qualitative and holistic approach. Based on prior interview data and a literature review, 33 items representing various ethical considerations of interest are identified. A qualitative Q-study was conducted, in which 55 individuals in three different countries expressed their points of view on insideables regarding these items. Hence, four different views are presented, highlighting drivers of acceptance of human enhancement technologies, conditional acceptance, and mere rejection. These views reveal the trade-offs between values made by respondents, shedding light on the ethical bricolage at play. The role of ethical concerns and theories in models to study the acceptance of human enhancement technologies and their potential business implications are discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882124000525Technology acceptanceQ-methodEthical bricolage |
| spellingShingle | Stéphanie Gauttier Mario Arias-Oliva Kiyoshi Murata Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans Technology acceptance Q-method Ethical bricolage |
| title | The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables |
| title_full | The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables |
| title_fullStr | The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables |
| title_short | The ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies: A cross-country Q-study of the perception of insideables |
| title_sort | ethical acceptability of human enhancement technologies a cross country q study of the perception of insideables |
| topic | Technology acceptance Q-method Ethical bricolage |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882124000525 |
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