Ethical Impact Assessment: Theoretical Foundations, Methodology, and Applications
Philip A. E. Brey · 2025
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Philip Brey introduces ethical impact assessment as a tool for judging new technology, in a 2025 essay. The method asks, in a set order, what good and harm a technology may do to values like privacy, fairness, and autonomy. Funders and policy makers have taken it up fast, yet scholars have barely weighed it. Brey, who helped shape the method, lays out its roots and rules for an academic crowd.
Its marks are a modular build, a forward gaze, cover of a tool's whole life, and a direct line to decisions. The essay traces the method's rise, sets it beside older ethics and impact tools, and ends with its weak spots. Brey calls for wider testing and sharper theory, so the method earns its growing policy weight.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Philip A. E. Brey |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 71 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |