Hacking digital ethics / Andrea Bellinger and David J. Krieger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellinger, Andrea, author.

Krieger, David J., author.

Series:

Anthem ethics of personal data collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Digital media.

Internet--Moral and ethical aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2021.

Summary:

This book is not a critique of digital ethics but rather a hack. It follows the method of hacking by developing an exploit kit on the basis of state-of-the-art social theory, which it uses to breach the insecure legacy system upon which the discourse of digital ethics is running. This legacy system is made up of four interdependent components: the philosophical mythology of humanism, social science critique, media scandalization, and the activities of many civil society organisations lobbying for various forms of regulation. The hack exposes the bugs, the sloppy programming, and the false promises of current digital ethics, and, because it is an ethical hack, redesigns digital ethics so that it can address the problems of the global network society. The main idea of the book is that the social world of meaning is based on information, which, because of its relational nature, must be understood more as a common good than as private property. A digital ethics that relies upon humanistic individualism cannot address the issues arising from the global network society based upon information. This demands a complete revision of the philosophical foundations of current digital ethics by means of a redesign of ethics as a theory of governance by design.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Half title

Title page

Copyright information

Contents

Series Editors' Introduction

Chapter Int-null

Introduction: Ethical Hacking and Hacking Ethics

Chapter One The Exploit

1.1 We Do What We Are and Not What We Ought to Do

1.2 Systems Theory

1.2.1 Principles of Systemic Order

1.2.2 Communication

1.2.3 Consequences of Luhmann's Theory of Communication for Morality and Ethics

1.2.4 Cognitive and Normative Expectations and the Problem of Double Contingency

1.2.5 Symbolically Generalized Media and Functional Differentiation

1.2.6 Consequences of Functional Differentiation

1.2.7 The Function of Morality in Modern Society

1.2.8 Can Society as a Whole Be Modeled as a System?

1.2.9 What Is the Status of Social Theory?

1.3 Actor-Network Theory

1.3.1 The Difference a Stone Makes

1.3.2 Information

Chapter Two The Breach

2.1 The Philosophical Mythology of Humanism

2.1.1 The Philosophy of Information and Information Ethics

2.1.2 What Is Information?

2.1.3 Information Ethics

2.1.4 The Informational Self

2.1.5 Privacy

2.2 Social Science Critique

2.2.1 The Modern Constitution

2.2.2 Critique

2.2.3 Platform Society

2.2.3.1 Datafication

2.2.3.2 Commodification

2.2.3.3 Selection

2.2.4 Surveillance Capitalism

2.3 Media Scandalization

2.4 Civil Society Activism

Chapter Three The Redesign

3.1 Network Norms

3.1.1 Connectivity

3.1.2 Flow

3.1.3 Communication

3.1.4 Participation

3.1.5 Transparency

3.1.6 Authenticity

3.1.7 Flexibility

3.2 Network Governance

3.2.1 The Three Disruptions

3.2.2 Governance

3.3 Design

3.3.1 Attribution of Moral Agency and Responsibility

3.3.2 Case Study: Google's Framework for Internal Algorithmic Auditing

3.3.3 What Is Design?

3.4 Digital Ethics.

End Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Apr 2021).

ISBN:

9781785277399

1785277391

9781785277382

1785277383

OCLC:

1243743075