<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper addresses the problem of extending ethical obligations toward usable things. The first part reconstructs current debates on the metaphysical and ethical status of artifacts. Next, drawing upon Tadeusz Kotarbinski’s reism, I describe artifacts as concretes, focusing on the possibility of their damage and destruction. The core part of the article analyzes ethical implications of the following issues: 1) using artifacts, 2) their production, 3) purchase and sale of artifacts, and 4) the post-use period.</p></abstract>

This paper addresses the problem of extending ethical obligations toward usable things. The first part reconstructs current debates on the metaphysical and ethical status of artifacts. Next, drawing upon Tadeusz Kotarbinski’s reism, I describe artifacts as concretes, focusing on the possibility of their damage and destruction. The core part of the article analyzes ethical implications of the following issues: 1) using artifacts, 2) their production, 3) purchase and sale of artifacts, and 4) the post-use period.

Artifacts and The Problem of Ethical Extensionism – Selected Issues

University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow

Studia Humana

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This paper addresses the problem of extending ethical obligations toward usable things. The first part reconstructs current debates on the metaphysical and...

Artifacts and The Problem of Ethical Extensionism – Selected Issues

Published Online: Nov 01, 2017

Page range: 34 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2017-0021

Keywords
ethical extensionism, artifacts, postnatural extensionism, environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology

© 2017 Magdalena Holy-Luczaj, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Artifacts and The Problem of Ethical Extensionism – Selected Issues

Published Online: Nov 01, 2017

Page range: 34 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2017-0021

Keywordsethical extensionism, artifacts, postnatural extensionism, environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology

© 2017 Magdalena Holy-Luczaj, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ethical extensionism, artifacts, postnatural extensionism, environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology