Distributing Responsibility in the Debate on Sustainable Biofuels

摘要: In the perception of technology innovation two world views compete for domination: technological and social determinism. Technological determinism holds that societal change is caused by developments, opposite. Although both were quite central to discussion in philosophy, history sociology 1970s 1980s, neither seen as mainstream now. They do still play an important role background philosophies debates offer very different perspectives on where responsibilities ethically sound development novel technologies lie. this paper we will elaborate these opposing taking recent debate implementation biofuels a case example.