Reijers, W., & Coeckelbergh, M. (2020). Narrative and technology ethics. Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract

Published in 2020, Wessel Reijers and Mark Coeckelbergh’s Narrative and Technology Ethics provides
insight into contemporary views on virtuous technical practices. As with their 2016 and 2018
papers on narrative technology, Reijers and Coeckelbergh’s stated objective is to expand a
philosophical theory of narrative technology in other spheres of human lives—in this case—ethics.
Starting with the effects of technology on the Covid-19 pandemic, the book traces the evolution
of technology throughout the twenty-first century. In tandem with Plato’s technology of writing,
Prometheus’s technology of fire, and the technologies used by Icarus and Pandora, the book argues
that technology has been responsible for both the development and the suffering of individuals.