Constructing Ethical Order of Digital World

Authors

Guoyu WANG, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China Center for Biomedical Ethics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaFollow
Hong MEI, Key Laboratory of High Confidence Software Technologies of Ministry of Education(Peking University), Beijing 100871, China Advanced Institute of Big Data, Beijing, Beijing 100195, ChinaFollow

Keywords

digitization; digital world; ethical order; construct

Document Type

Governance Strategy on Science and Technology Ethics

Abstract

With the digital transformation and the construction of digital China, a digital world parallel to the real world is being born. Historically, numbers have shaped our perception of the world and human beings. Digital transformation will further expand human cognitive space and means, release productivity, and change the way people think and behave. However, the virtuality and "outof domain" characteristics of people and things in the digital world have caused ethical problems in the digital world. Therefore, it is urgent to construct and improve the ethical order of the digital world. The article summarizes the existing three paths of scientific and technological ethics involved in the digitalization process:the criticism of "Dataism", the embedding of ethics into algorithms and moral materialization, and the responsible innovation through legal and policy regulation. It proposes to shape the ethical order of the digital world. The ability of people to participate in digital transformation and governance in the digital age must be improved. It is recommended to improve the digital capabilities of the public in the digital age just like spending great efforts to build digital infrastructure.

First page

1278

Last Page

1287

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

WANG, Guoyu and MEI, Hong (2021) "Constructing Ethical Order of Digital World," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 36 : Iss. 11 , Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20211106001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss11/3