On Rapp's Thoughts Of Technology Ethics

Since half 20th century, the swift development and the huge society affects of technology has spread over each living and thinking domain nearly. Especially, the ethics scolded initiated by the development of technology has already become the hot topic of philosophy and ethics. Rapp, the German technology philosopher, ethicist was one of the scholars who reputably contributed in exporting the question systematically. His influence as well as his technology ethics viewpoint is significant for the people to know the development of technology and its dual consequences, find reasons, as well as explore and formulate the valuable technical ethics criterions.Through reading his representational book, introduction to philosophy of technology and correlative primitive literatures, the author summarizes the birth, development, content and system of Rapp's thoughts of technology ethics, introduces and evaluates the Rapp's thoughts of technology ethics, discusses the function and value of his thoughts of technology ethics, at the same time points out the value and the significance of the research according to the newest research achievement of thoughts of technology ethics and the reality. The dissertation mainly includes four parts: The first chapter elaborates the correlate core concepts of technology ethics and proposes the research significance, mentality and the method of the dissertation; The second chapter through analyzing the background when Rapp's thoughts of technology ethics appeared objectively reflects the historical reason of the appearance, development of Rapp's thoughts of technology ethics; The third chapter through summarizing and refining the basic content and system from the essence and value of technology, as well as the attribute of technology ethics, highlights his dialectical viewpoint which the technology is taken as a social system but not an isolated aspect; The fourth chapter points out the three characteristics and elaborates the value of Rapp's thoughts of technology ethics from understanding the dialectical relations between technology and ethics correctly, correcting the attitudes to technology and treating the development of technology positively but not passively.