The Good in the Pill. Assessing the Plausibility of Visions of Desirable Worlds

摘要: Building on the analyses provided in Chaps. 3 and 4, this chapter establishes that general claims regarding desirability of an emerging technology appear to often draw a superficial unifying rhetoric supposedly shared values. The discourses Nanopil implicitly or explicitly refer number values – autonomy, care, comfort, efficiency is claimed promote. analysis demonstrates ambivalence contradictions inherent expectation “offers solution for social problem”, “addresses need” “improves our current practice”. It does so by building frameworks developed field philosophy within “Vision Assessment” approach. Such bring forward moral connotation possible design choices latent ethical controversies stakeholders’ normative positions, as well potential technology-mediated changes landscape value framework.