Information Ethics
The paper addresses theoretical and practical aspects of information ethics from an intercultural perspective.
The recent concept of information ethics is related particularly to problems which arose in the last century with the development of computer technology and the internet. A broader concept of information ethics as dealing with the digital reconstruction of all possible phenomena leads to questions relating to digital ontology. Following Heidegger’s conception of the relation between ontology and metaphysics, the author argues that ontology has to do with Being itself and not just with the Being of beings which is the matter of metaphysics. The primary aim of an ontological foundation of information ethics is to question the metaphysical ambitions of digital ontology understood as today’s pervading understanding of being. The author analyzes some challenges of digital technology, particularly with regard to the moral status of......
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Approximate Pages: 5 (260 words per double-spaced page) |