Soft ethics, the governance of the digital and the General Data Protection Regulation
- 15 October 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Vol. 376 (2133), 20180081
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0081
Abstract
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- Microsoft
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