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This book presents cutting-edge concepts on the question of trust.
Written by leading experts, it investigates a paradoxical feature
of contemporary society: while information and communication
technologies, on the one hand, and scientific discourses, on the
other, can promote more informed participation in public and
democratic life, they have also led to a dramatic decline in our
communicative and cooperative skills. The book analyzes the notion
of trust from an interdisciplinary perspective by combining the
normative (continental) and empirical (Anglo-American) approaches
and by considering the political, epistemological, and historical
transformations in the interpersonal relationships sparked by new
technologies. Using trust as a model, it then investigates and
clarifies the new types of participation that are made possible by
scientific and technological advances.
This book presents cutting-edge concepts on the question of trust.
Written by leading experts, it investigates a paradoxical feature
of contemporary society: while information and communication
technologies, on the one hand, and scientific discourses, on the
other, can promote more informed participation in public and
democratic life, they have also led to a dramatic decline in our
communicative and cooperative skills. The book analyzes the notion
of trust from an interdisciplinary perspective by combining the
normative (continental) and empirical (Anglo-American) approaches
and by considering the political, epistemological, and historical
transformations in the interpersonal relationships sparked by new
technologies. Using trust as a model, it then investigates and
clarifies the new types of participation that are made possible by
scientific and technological advances.
This book discusses key ethical and deontological problems
concerning the use of the most common information and communication
devices. It focuses on the challenges of the new environments we
now find ourselves in thanks to these technologies, and the issues
arising from the newly established relationship between the virtual
sphere and the real world. Each aspect is analysed by starting from
a very specific example or a case study presenting a dilemma that
can only be resolved by making a reasoned ethical choice. Rather
than thematically addressing only one of the many aspects mentioned
above (for example, computer ethics or social network ethics), the
book presents a comprehensive introduction to, and a co-ordinated
overview of, the various deontological and ethical issues regarding
the spread of the most common information and communication
technologies.
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