Collective attention plays an important role in the development of sociotechnical systems. It directs the aggregation of social, financial, and political resources, which impacts technology development. In particular, shifts in collective attention can reflect changing relationships between specific technologies and social or moral values. When a value is relatively more important to a certain technology, the perspectives relevant to that value attract more attention within that specific technical system, which is crucial for value-sensitive and responsible technology design.

This article explores the identity and role of engineers through the lens of care ethics. Building on other attempts to develop engineering ethics based on normative moral perspectives that are similar to and consistent with the ethics of care (e.g., virtue ethics), we propose that engineering practices within small and medium scale projects present the conditions for developing moral relations based on care.

In Europe and the United States, cryo-preservation of the dead is increasingly common. The aim of cryonics techniques is to preserve the body in the hope that it will one day be possible to repair the damage that led to death. If successful, cryo-preservation and similar biostasis technologies may challenge the conceptualization of death as something that is irreversible.

In 2017 Partridge et al. announced the first successful animal trial with an artificial placenta, a technology meant to improve the survival and quality of life of preterm infants. The first in-human trial is expected in the next 2-5 years. This trial will pose notable challenges. For example, how do we predict risk of a trial with an innovative and potentially disruptive technology and how do protect participants? Further, as transfer in AP requires a C-section, the pregnant person is also a participant. How do we balance the interests of both participants?

In recent years, the concept of "smart cities" has emerged as a futuristic vision for urban development, driven by the integration of digital technologies into urban infrastructure and services. However, this approach often neglects fundamental considerations about the human and societal impact of technology on urban life. This study proposes a critical reflection on the intersections between the ideals of smart cities and the philosophy of technology, while exploring the concepts of the city of proximity and the city of caring, outlined by Ezio Manzini (2019, 2022).

Within mere decades the attention economy has not only developed into an technological omnipresence, a major industry and a political force to be reckoned with. Less explicitly I has also developed into a major moral force working on our collective attention. It does not only come with an explicit economical deal - I pay attention in return for ‘free’ services - but also with an implicit ethical ideal: delivering myself to the ease of attention technology will confirm me as a truly modern human being. The good and the easy are near synonyms.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in reproductive medicine and in various digital applications on sexual and reproductive health. Recently, these developments have sparked various ethical analyses (Afnan et al. 2021; Coghlan et al. 2023; Rolges et al. 2023; Tamir 2023). Not surprisingly, many of the ethical problems of AI—such as its explanability deficits or the existence of biases—are also present in these AI tools in the service of procreative purposes. However, other issues have been less explored.

This paper addresses the topic of artificial mediated agency and autonomy and its impact on human wellbeing. The key question of this paper is whether artificial agency and autonomy can be extended to the notion of wisdom: If agency is mediated and distributed between humans and intelligent machines, can there also be a mediated wisdom?