2001/01/01 by Edward J. Woodhouse · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
paper · doi:10.1109/44.952762
openalex publication_date 2001/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
One of the toughest and most important challenges facing technological civilization is excessive consumption in affluent societies. Scholars in the fields of design, industrial ecology and environmental ethics have begun dealing with aspects of over-consumption. With selected exceptions, however, engineering ethicists have not yet paid close attention to the matter. In this article, I attempt to catalyse such inquiry.