Technologically Mediated Phronesis and the Necessity for Mindful Design

Project dates (estimated):

September 2022 - August 2026

Name of the PhD student:

Andrew S. Zelny

Supervisors:

Shannon Vallor – School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Zachary Horne - School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Project aims:

The aims of this project are twofold: firstly, to establish the connection between the Aristotelian virtue of phronesis and technology, illustrating that there is a mediating role that technology plays in the development and character of practical reasoning. Secondly, to make the normative claim that there is a moral imperative to mindfully create emerging technologies towards the end of promoting phronesis rather than diminishing it. By the end of this project, Andrew looks to create a framework for mindful technological design towards the development of phronesis.

Disciplines and subfields engaged:

  • Virtue Ethics

  • Philosophy of Technology

  • Moral Psychology

  • Sociology of Technology

Research Themes:

  • Ethics of Human-Machine Interaction

    • Ethics of Affective and Social Technologies

  • Emerging Technology and Human Identity

    • AI, Automation and Human Wisdom

    • Emerging Tech and Human Autonomy

  • Emerging Technology, Health and Flourishing

    • Emerging Tech and Human Flourishing

Related outputs:

  • ​​Presented on the relationship between Technologically mediated phronesis and Technomoral Change on the Mobilising Technomoral Knowledge panel at the Society for Philosophy & Technology Conference 2023 in Toyko .

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