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Technology and Democratic Responsibility
Unformatted Document Text:  3 technologies to act more responsibly in democratic political life? While these technologies may appear to be fundamentally new to some, 3 the general political questions they raise certainly are not. Since Aeschylus, citizens have been concerned about the implications of Promethean “fire” for the future of democratic politics. What has changed dramatically are the stakes and our sense of urgency about them. Do these new information and bio- technologies – united by a common set of orienting models and metaphors 4 – expand the boundaries of the political domain and enable more people to participate in the exercise of political power, or do they shrink political society and erect higher barriers to entry? Do these new technologies help democratic citizens recognize and meet their responsibilities in 3 For an argument that the Internet is not “radically” new, see Gordon Graham, The Internet: A Philosophical Inquiry (New York: Routledge, 1999), pp.24-38. 4 Evelyn Fox Keller, Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002), pp.111-121.

Authors: Esquith, Stephen.
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technologies to act more responsibly in democratic political life?
While these technologies may appear to be fundamentally new to some,
3
the general
political questions they raise certainly are not. Since Aeschylus, citizens have been concerned
about the implications of Promethean “fire” for the future of democratic politics. What has
changed dramatically are the stakes and our sense of urgency about them. Do these new
information and bio- technologies – united by a common set of orienting models and metaphors
4
–
expand the boundaries of the political domain and enable more people to participate in the
exercise of political power, or do they shrink political society and erect higher barriers to entry?
Do these new technologies help democratic citizens recognize and meet their responsibilities in
3
For an argument that the Internet is not “radically” new, see Gordon Graham, The
Internet: A Philosophical Inquiry (New York: Routledge, 1999), pp.24-38.
4
Evelyn Fox Keller, Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with
Models, Metaphors, and Machines (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002), pp.111-
121.


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