The Ethical Risks and Regulations of Technology Dependence in Digital Governance
Digital governance is a new form of governance that deeply integrates digital technology with social governance to create greater public value.It is a necessary requirement for promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.In the process of digital governance,the relationship between government and digital technology has gradually evolved from technology assisted to technology led.This has led to a phenomenon of technology dependence in social governance decision-making,behavior,and system construction,where intelligent decision-making replaces governance subject decision-making,technological behavior replaces governance subject behavior,and platform construction replaces structural process optimization.The ethical risks brought about by technological dependence include the erosion of government power systems,the failure of ethical principles and procedures in governance processes,and unclear attribution of responsibility for governance results.These ethical risks not only hinder the creation of public value through digital governance,but also hinder the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.In practice,we should start from three key variables in the digital governance process,such as data information,governance decision-making,and governance systems,to clarify the boundaries of digital technology embedded in social governance,explore the implementation path of optimizing digital governance,including controlling the access and outflow of social governance data information to promote governance fairness,optimizing the reasonable division of labor between human decision-making and algorithmic decision-making to demonstrate public value,and promoting the co-construction of digital power and government power to clarify governance responsibilities.By regulating the ethical risks brought about by technological dependence,promoting digital governance to create more public value,advancing social fairness and justice,and promoting people's happy lives,the strategic goal of modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity can be achieved.
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