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    Responsible Innovation 2: Concepts, Approaches, and Applications (edited book)
    with Bert-Jaap Koops, Henny Romijn, Tsjalling Swierstra, and Jeroen van den Hoven
    Springer International Publishing. 2015.
    This book discusses issues regarding conceptualization, governance and implementation of responsible innovation. It treats different approaches to making responsible innovation a reality and it contains new case studies that illustrate challenges and solutions. Research on Responsible Innovation is by its nature highly multidisciplinary, and also pro-active, design-oriented and policy-relevant. Until a few years back, the concept of Responsible Innovation was hardly used - nowadays it is increas…Read more
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    The capability approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen places human capabilities at the centre stage of discussions about justice, equality, development and the quality of life. It rejects too much emphasis on mere preference satisfaction or resource provision and highlights the importance of human agency and freedom. This approach has already significantly influenced different fields of application, such as economics and development studies. Only recently have scholars started to explore it…Read more
  • Emoties serieus genomen
    Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 100 (1): 73-76. 2008.
  • Towards an Ethics of Technology and Human Development
    In C. Murphy, P. Gardoni, H. Bashir, C. E. Harris Jr & E. Masad (eds.), Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World, Springer International Publishing. 2015.
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    Applying Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to Wind Turbines and Wind Parks: An Exploration
    Science and Engineering Ethics 21 (2): 359-379. 2015.
    Community acceptance still remains a challenge for wind energy projects. The most popular explanation for local opposition, the Not in My Backyard effect, has received fierce criticism in the past decade. Critics argue that opposition is not merely a matter of selfishness or ignorance, but that moral, ecological and aesthetic values play an important role. In order to better take such values into account, a more bottom-up, participatory decision process is usually proposed. Research on this topi…Read more
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    Thomas Pogge answers the question if the capability approach can be justified with a firm ‘no’. Amongst others, he ridicules capability theorists for demanding compensation for each and every possible natural difference between people, including hair types. Not only does Pogge, so this paper argues, misconstrue the difference between the capability approach and Rawlsian resourcism. Even worse: he is actually implicitly relying on the idea of capabilities in his defence of the latter. According t…Read more
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    Editorial: ICT and the capability approach (review)
    with Jeroen Den Hoven
    Ethics and Information Technology 13 (2): 65-67. 2011.
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    Editorial: ICT and the capability approach
    Ethics and Information Technology 13 (2): 65-67. 2011.
    In discussions about justice, development, well-being and equality, the capability approach (CA)Footnote1 founded by economist Amartya Sen and philosopher Martha Nussbaum attaches central importance to individual human capabilities. These are the effective freedoms or real opportunities of people to achieve valuable ‘beings and doings’ (also called ‘functionings’ by capability theorists). Resources—including technical artifacts—may contribute to the expansion of one’s capabilities, but there may…Read more