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Soft ethics, the governance of the digital and the General Data Protection Regulation

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Floridi, Luciano·2018·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rsta.2018.0081PMC PMC6191665
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The article discusses the governance of the digital as the new challenge posed by technological innovation. It then introduces a new distinction between soft ethics , which applies after legal compliance with legislation, such as the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union, and hard ethics , which precedes and contributes to shape legislation. It concludes by developing an analysis of the role of digital ethics with respect to digital regulation and digital governance. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges’.

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Authors
Floridi, L.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Floridi, Luciano
ORCID
Floridi, Luciano
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2018-10-15
Volume
376
Issue
2133
Pages
20180081
ISSN
  • 1364-503X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2962
DOI
10.1098/rsta.2018.0081
PMC
PMC6191665
OpenAlex
W2897383465
Cited by
234
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 3
FWCI
133.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Microsoft
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Legal and Labor Studies
Keywords
digital governance, General Data Protection Regulation, digital ethics, digital regulation, AI governance, data protection law, technological innovation

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