Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions

The power of technology to transform religions, science, and political institutions has often been presented as nothing short revolutionary. Does have a similarly transformative influence on societies’ morality? Scholars not rigorously investigated the role in moral revolutions, even though existing research technomoral change suggests that this may be considerable. In paper, we explore what understood processes radical group-level change, amounts to. We do so by investigating four historical episodes which plays noteworthy role. Our case-studies illustrate plurality mechanisms involved but also suggest general patterns such technology’s capacity stabilize destabilize systems, make morally salient phenomena visible or invisible. find several leads expand refine conceptual tools for analysing specifically crystallizing notions ‘technomoral niche construction’ ‘moral payoff mechanisms’. Coming terms with argue, enriches our understanding alerts us depths can societies wanted unwanted ways.