Technology, blessing or curse for employment and labour? - a technophilosophical approach

Hendrik Opdebeeck

Abstract

It is striking how technology can be regarded both as a blessing and a curse for employment and labour. In this contribution we shall consider some of the ethical backgrounds and implications of technical development.

We intend to do so in three steps:

1. Technology, not entirely a blessing;
2. Technology, not entirely a curse;
3. Technology, neither an entirely a blessing or a curse for employment and labour.

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