Information ethics
The information ethics is a philosophical discipline, more specifically, a field of ethics, which deals with the handling of information and information and communication technologies under moral and ethical employs aspects.
meaning
The motivation for this ethical consideration lies in the growing importance of information, which is also described as the change to the information society . When dealing with knowledge and information in virtual spaces, moral concepts and norms develop ( hacker ethics , netiquette , sharerity , ...), which are examined and discussed within the framework of information ethics .
Information ethics deals, among other things, with the questions of whether and in what form property rights to information can be asserted, with the aspects of ( freedom of information ), overcoming a digital gap between people with and without access to information, informational self-determination and the respect for privacy in the face of growing possibilities of monitoring ( data protection ) as well as the restrictions on the dissemination of information on the basis of personality - and youth protection and also with censorship .
Related research areas are the media ethics , computer ethics , ethics of technology , future ethics , technology assessment , and business ethics .
scientist
According to the philosopher and information scientist Rafael Capurro , who also coined this term, the most important functions of information ethics are “asking about the emergence of the structures and power relations that determine information behavior” , “uncovering and criticizing information myths” , “hidden contradictions of the prevailing language norms disclose ” and “ observe the development of information-ethical issues ” .
The Konstanz-based information scientist Rainer Kuhlen deals with similar issues under the heading of information ecology .
supporting documents
See also
literature
- German
- Rainer Kuhlen : Information ethics - ethics in electronic spaces. UVK, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 3-8252-2454-6
- Rafael Capurro : Ethics on the Net. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08173-9 ( media ethics 2).
- Thomas Hausmanninger (Ed.): Acting on the Net. Domain ethics and protection of minors on the Internet. Fink, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7705-3814-5 .
- Thomas Hausmanninger, Rafael Capurro (ed.): Netzethik. Fundamental questions of internet ethics. Fink, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7705-3747-5 .
- Helmut F. Spinner , Michael Nagenborg, Karsten Weber: Building blocks for a new information ethics. Philo, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8257-0197-2 .
- Felix Weil: The media and ethics. Basics of a useful media ethics. Alber, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2001, ISBN 3-495-48025-0 ( Alber series. Theses 20), (At the same time: Munich, Univ., Diss., 1999).
- Anton Kolb , Reinhold Esterbauer, Hans-Walter Ruckenbauer, (Eds.): Cyberethics. Responsibility in the digitally networked world. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-17-015571-7 .
- Rafael Capurro, Klaus Wiegerling, Andreas R. Brellochs (eds.): Information ethics . Universitätsverlag, Konstanz 1995, ISBN 3-879-40507-7 ( writings on information science 19), (articles in German, English and French).
- Jessica Heesen (Hrsg.): Handbook of media and information ethics Springer VS, Stuttgart - Weimar 2016. ISBN 978-3476053947
- English
- Kenneth E. Himma, Herman T. Tavani (Eds.). "The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics", New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2008, ISBN 978-0-471-79959-7 .
- Don Fallis: Information Ethics for 21st Century Library Professionals. In: Library Hi Tech. 25, 1, ISSN 0737-8831 , 2007.
- Luciano Floridi : Information Ethics. On the Theoretical Foundations of Computer Ethics. In: Ethics and Information Technology. 1, 1, 1999, ISSN 1388-1957 , pp. 37-56.
- Luciano Floridi: In: Computers & Society. 34, 5, ISSN 0095-2737 , 2005 ( Spanish translation in Isegoría ).
- Deborah G. Johnson: Computer ethics. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs NJ 1985, ISBN 0-13-164005-4 (3rd edition. Ibid., ISBN 0-13-083699-0 ).
- Cees Hamelink : The Ethics of Cyberspace. Sage Publications, London et al. 2000, ISBN 0-7619-6668-4 .
- Lawrence Lessig: Code and other laws of cyberspace. Basic Books, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-465-03912-X .
- Joel Rudinow, Anthony Graybosch: Ethics and values in the information age. Thomson Learning, South Melbourne et al. 2002, ISBN 0-15-507956-5 .
- Richard A. Spinello: Cyber ethics. Morality and law in cyberspace. Jones and Bartlett, Boston MA 2000, ISBN 0-7637-1269-8 .
- Charles Ess: Digital Media Ethics. Polity Press, Cambridge / Malden 2009, ISBN 978-0-7456-5500-0 .
Web links
- Organizations and initiatives
- International Center for Information Ethics - ICIE (English)
- Network Media Ethics - Interdisciplinary discussion forum on ethical issues in the media sector
- Chaos Computer Club - Chaos Computer Club
- Institute for Digital Ethics (IDE) at the Stuttgart Media University
- Technoethics at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern , Department of Philosophy
- Introductions
- What is information ethics? by Rafael Capurro
- Introduction to Information Ethics by Rafael Capurro
- Definition of "information ethics " in the encyclopedia of business informatics
- Further information