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EXPLORATION: An Exploration of Ethical Dilemmas Through Two Design Artefacts
Objects are never simply objective; they actively mediate how humans experience the world, as post-phenomenological philosophers Don Ihde and Peter-Paul Verbeek have argued in their accounts of technological mediation and human–technology relations. Within design research, material artefacts and prototypes therefore operate as more than neutral prompts: they function as applied thought experiments that configure what can be said, felt and decided in a given situation. In response to the DRS2026 theme “Designing for and with Taboo,” this exploration stages two artefacts— a research object and a design proposal. Both designed for the same function: acute cerebral anoxia—obstructing blood flow to the human brain—but with radically different intentions, one to save lives, the other to end lives. This exploration aims to use these two objects as applied thought experiments to help explore their inherent ethical dilemmas. | ||
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An exploration of ethical dilemmas through two design artefacts 1Amsterdam university of applied sciences, Netherlands, The; 2LUCA School of Arts, University, Campus C-Mine, Genk, Belgium | ||