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Distributed Morality in an Information Society
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The phenomenon of distributed knowledge is well-known in epistemic logic. In this paper, a similar phenomenon in ethics, somewhat neglected so far, is investigated, namely distributed morality. The article explains the nature of distributed morality, as a feature of moral agency, and explores the implications of its occurrence in advanced information societies. In the course of the analysis, the concept of infraethics is introduced, in order to refer to the ensemble of moral enablers, which, although morally neutral per se, can significantly facilitate or hinder both positive and negative moral behaviours.
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“Even for non-learning algorithms, traditional, linear conceptions of responsibility prove to offer limited guidance in contemporary sociotechnical contexts.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Floridi, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Floridi, Luciano
- ORCID
- Floridi, Luciano
- Venue
- Science and Engineering Ethics
- Published
- 2012-11-30
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 727-743
- ISSN
- 1353-3452 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-5546
- OpenAlex
- W1991112424
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 56.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- philarchive.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Science and Engineering Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- distributed knowledge, moral agency, information society, moral behavior, ethics of technology
- MeSH terms
- Group Processes, Humans, Morals, Moral Obligations
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