For a recent, very design-process oriented, attempt to
think through design ethics (or the moralism of things),
I recommend the diverse and comprehensive collection
of short articles:
User Behavior and Technology Development
Shaping Sustainable Relations Between Consumers and Technologies
Series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science , Vol. 20
Verbeek, Peter-Paul; Slob, Adriaan (Eds.)
2006, XVI, 409 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4433-5
Those who believe that an ethic of design should be to
NOT limit the freedom of humans might want to consider
the arguments of Jelsma (for example his chapter in
this book "Designing ‘moralized’ products: Theory and
practice") and the ongoing work of Peter-Paul Verbeek.
Cameron
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