Discourse ethics for computer ethics: A heuristic for engaged dialogical reflection
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Ethical positions based on process and exchange, such as discourse ethics, are well suited to reflect the need for the ongoing negotiations of facts and values needed to make new technologies work in society.
“Ethical positions based on process and exchange, such as discourse ethics (Mingers & Walsham, 2010;Rehg, 2014), are well suited to reflect the need for the ongoing negotiations of facts and values needed to make new technologies work in society.”
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- Authors
- Rehg, W.
- Affiliations
- Saint Louis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rehg, William
- Venue
- Ethics and Information Technology
- Published
- 2014-12-28
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-39
- ISSN
- 1388-1957 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8439
- OpenAlex
- W2101926921
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 4.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Ethics and Information Technology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Theory and Philosophy
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Keywords
- discourse ethics, computer ethics, Jürgen Habermas, dialogical reflection, moral inquiry, moral acceptability
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