Unintended by Design: On the Political Uses of “Unintended Consequences”
This paper revisits the term “unintended consequences,” drawing upon an illustrative vignette to show how it is used to dismiss vital ethical and political concerns. Tracing the term to its original introduction by Robert Merton and building on feminist technoscience analyses, we uncover and rethink...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Social Studies of Science
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Engaging Science, Technology, and Society |
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| Online Access: | https://estsjournal.org/index.php/ests/article/view/497/273 |