Volume 40, Issue Supplement, 2015
Selected Papers from the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy
Workineh Kelbessa
Pages 249-250
Technology and the Environment
Introductory Remarks for this Session
This paper explores the relationship between technology and the environment. Although technological intervention can help humanity to address some of the most pressing environmental challenges, technological advances alone cannot solve all environmental ills. In some cases, the attempt to manipulate the environment through technology can lead to different types of environmental destruction. This paper thus suggests that the introduction and use of technology requires a critical assessment of its ethical and environmental benefits.