Muslim scholars and technological volition

Rostam Ravanbakhsh and Mostafa Taqavi

Technology in Society, 2020, vol. 61, issue C

Abstract: What purpose, according to Muslim scholars, should technological development serve? To answer this question, first we explain the views of seven Muslim scholars who have theorized about technology from an Islamic viewpoint. We then set out Carl Mitcham's fourfold analysis of technology, and summarize the views of philosophers of technology on technological volition. This places us in a position to classify Muslim scholars' opinions on technological development under seven broad headings, namely: meeting human beings' needs, implementation of an Islamic culture and lifestyle, serving human beings, serving nature, understanding the splendor of creation, providing personal and social happiness, and a lack of a volition for technological development.

Keywords: Technology; Technological volition; Muslim scholars; Carl mitcham (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101263

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