Ma`rifat Falsafi

Although technology has brought comfort and well-being to humans, its destructive consequences have not remained hidden from the eyes of humanities philosophers. One of the fundamental challenges in this field is the axiological approach of determinism in the philosophy of technology. Is humanity controlled by technology, or is technology controlled by humanity? And are goals and values separable from tools? This research, with a rational approach, has attempted to analyze, examine, and critique technological determinism from an axiological perspective. To this end, it first examines the relationship between voluntarism and determinism and their connection to essentialism and instrumentalism, and then analyzes the connection with values in analyzing the direct and indirect deterministic approach to technology. The data for this research were collected using the ‘library’ method and examined by the ‘logical analysis’ method. In criticizing the deterministic view of technology, attention must be paid to the conventional nature of technology. Therefore, it cannot be considered a force that places humans under its dominion and control. Disregard for the logical implications of human will and choice in systems based on free will (such as ethics and law) is another challenge of this approach. This analysis, along with examining the condition of value (i.e., the acquired nature of a trait or the volitional nature of an act), shows that technological products are not intrinsically valuable. However, if we consider technology within the framework of the act of a volitional agent, considering the agent’s intentions, it can be axiologically evaluated.