KTH Stockholm - Virtue, Self-determination and Privacy (Invited Speaker): A Reconsideration of the problem of Information Privacy in the light of Plotinus’ Virtue Ethics

Description

In modern discussions of computer ethics and cyber ethics informational self-determination is considered as an important condition of information privacy. However, scant attention has been paid on a virtue ethics approach of information privacy. Plotinus’ notion of self-determination is related to virtue ethics, human freedom and intellectual autonomy. His theory of self-determination is not an action-based moral claim or ability, but a self-centered virtue ethic prerequisite for the quality, unity and freedom of the self. It is suggested a Plotinian virtue ethics approach of self-determination can enlighten our discussions of the problem of information privacy in computer ethics and cyber ethics.

Period	23 Sept 2011
Event title	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Event type	Conference
Organiser	Dr. Barbo Froding
Location	Stockholm, SwedenShow on map