Felber Nadine Andrea, Lipworth Wendy, Tian Yi Jiao Angelina, Duong Vanessa, Wangmo Tenzin
Institute of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, 25B Wally's Walk, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2025 Jul 1;31(4):17. doi: 10.1007/s11948-025-00541-4.
The ageing of the global population has prompted the development of many technologies to support older persons (AgeTech). Those developing AgeTech need to not only consider different end users, including older persons and their caregivers, but also be cognizant of the fact that these groups have a variety of, often conflicting, values. The frameworks of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Value-Sensitive Design (VSD) both emphasize the integration of end users' values into the process of designing new technologies. Drawing from recent empirical and theoretical AgeTech literature, this article presents an argument for applying these frameworks to the field of AgeTech to successfully identify values and manage tensions among them. It aims to inform a more successful AgeTech innovation process in which new technologies represent and prioritize what their intended end users value.
全球人口老龄化促使了许多支持老年人的技术(老年科技)的发展。那些开发老年科技的人不仅需要考虑不同的终端用户,包括老年人及其照顾者,还需要认识到这些群体有各种各样的、往往相互冲突的价值观。负责任的研究与创新(RRI)和价值敏感设计(VSD)框架都强调将终端用户的价值观融入到新技术的设计过程中。本文借鉴近期老年科技的实证和理论文献,提出将这些框架应用于老年科技领域以成功识别价值观并管理其中的矛盾的观点。其目的是为一个更成功的老年科技创新过程提供信息,在这个过程中,新技术体现并优先考虑其目标终端用户所重视的东西。