In this pitch, I will focus on bridging the conceptual acceptance-acceptability gap. This requires close collaborations between social sciences on the one side and ethics and philosophy on the other.
Long abstract:
Many emerging technologies, including transformative and sustainable technologies, bring great benefits but can also create new, significant, and sometimes unprecedented risks. When evaluating those risks. Understandably, there is a strong focus in public policy on social acceptance of such technologies. By solely focusing on social acceptance, however, we could overlook important ethical aspects of such risks, mainly when dealing with transnational and intergenerational risks. In this pitch, I will focus on bridging the conceptual acceptance-acceptability gap. This requires close collaborations between social sciences on the one side and ethics and philosophy on the other.