You just set yourself up...since the answer is a philosophical one and not a technical one. What techno-science contributes depends on some classical philosophical distinctions

Wants versus Needs

Ends versus Means

The hierarchy of values

ETC.

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent has written:

'L' opinion publique et la science' -- subject(s): Science, Public opinion

'Les vertiges de la technoscience'

'Lavoisier' -- subject(s): Chemists, Chemistry, Biography, History

'Histoire de la chimie' -- subject(s): Chemistry, History

'Chemistry'

'A propos de `Methode de nomenclature chimique''

'Langevin, 1972-1946' -- subject(s): Physics, Physicists, Biography, History