On Floridi’s metaphysical foundation of information ecology

@article{citeulike:2844123, abstract = {Abstract\ \ The paper presents a critical appraisal of Floridi’s metaphysical foundation of information ecology. It highlights some of the issues raised by Floridi with regard to the axiological status of the objects in the “infosphere,” the moral status of artificial agents, and Floridi’s foundation of information ethics as information ecology. I further criticise the ontological conception of value as a first order category. I suggest that a weakening of Floridi’s demiurgic information ecology is needed in order not to forget the limitations of human actors and/or of their surrogates, digital agents. I plea for a rational theoretical and practical view of such agents beyond utopian reasoning with regard to their potential moral status.}, author = {Capurro, Rafael }, citeulike-article-id = {2844123}, doi = {10.1007/s10676-008-9162-x}, journal = {Ethics and Information Technology}, keywords = {ecology, floridi, information, ontology, phenomenology}, posted-at = {2008-05-29 12:28:41}, priority = {5}, title = {On Floridi’s metaphysical foundation of information ecology}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-008-9162-x} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2844123 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2844123 TI - On Floridi’s metaphysical foundation of information ecology JF - Ethics and Information Technology N2 - Abstract  The paper presents a critical appraisal of Floridi’s metaphysical foundation of information ecology. It highlights some of the issues raised by Floridi with regard to the axiological status of the objects in the “infosphere,” the moral status of artificial agents, and Floridi’s foundation of information ethics as information ecology. I further criticise the ontological conception of value as a first order category. I suggest that a weakening of Floridi’s demiurgic information ecology is needed in order not to forget the limitations of human actors and/or of their surrogates, digital agents. I plea for a rational theoretical and practical view of such agents beyond utopian reasoning with regard to their potential moral status. KW - ecology KW - floridi KW - information KW - ontology KW - phenomenology AU - Capurro, Rafael UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-008-9162-x ER -