On the Emergence,Transformation and Future Prospects of Information Ethics
[Purpose/significance]This paper reviews the origins and development of information ethics since the 1980s,answers whether information ethics has been replaced by data ethics and artificial intelligence ethics,and whether it can cope with more complex and diverse ethical issues in the digital transformation.Then,this paper reveals the ethical significance and important value of information ethics,and identifies the anchor point for the research and practice of information ethics in the digital transformation.[Method/process]Through literature research and content analysis,this paper summarizes the main views and key issues of information ethics in about 40 years,clarifies the con-notation and evolution of information ethics,and discusses the value and significance of information ethics in each peri-od.[Result/conclusion]The research finds that information ethics originated from computer ethics,and its develop-ment has undergone two shifts from an ethical perspective to an information issue and from an information perspective to an ethical issue,and its core issue reflects the imbalance of the information rights order caused by the generation and control of information flow.In-depth research on information ethics is of great significance to break down the complex and diversified ethical issues today,and it is urgent to strengthen the research value of information ethics,broaden the research boundary of information ethics,and actively integrate into the digital transformation process.
information ethicsdata ethicsartificial intelligence ethicsdata governancedigital transformation
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