ESDiT Publications

@article{Nickel2023b,

title = {Justice and Empowerment Through Digital Health: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities},

author = {Philip Nickel and Iris Loosman and Lily Frank and Anna Vinnikova },

url = {https://www.esdit.nl/s44206-023-00075-x/},

doi = {10.1007/s44206-023-00075-x },

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-10},

urldate = {2023-10-10},

journal = {Digital Society},

volume = {2},

abstract = {The proposition that digital innovations can put people in charge of their health has been accompanied by prolific talk of empowerment. In this paper we consider ethical challenges and opportunities of trying to achieve justice and empowerment using digital health initiatives. The language of empowerment can misleadingly suggest that by using technology, people can control their health and take responsibility for health outcomes to a greater degree than is realistic or fair. Also, digital health empowerment often primarily reaches people who already have high technological and health literacy, leaving others behind. We critically investigate whether the concept of health empowerment could be re-engineered to mean something different, namely the process of improving the health literacy and access of those who least possess it, in line with recent proposals for conceptual engineering in the service of justice. We settle on the weaker conclusion that underlying ethical values including justice should be used to interpret the existing concept of empowerment. To conclude, we take a high-level view of various strategies for achieving the ethical value associated with digital health empowerment.},

keywords = {Access to care, Conceptual engineering, Digital health, Equity, Ethics of Technology, Health  literacy, Health empowerment, Justice, Responsibilization},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Maria2022,

title = {Addressing Online Gaming Toxicity  from a Confucian Perspective},

author = {Joseph Sta. Maria and Elena Ziliotti},

url = {https://www.esdit.nl/adressing-online-gaming-toxicity-from-a-confucian-perspective/},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.22916/jcpc.2022..38.131},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-08-01},

urldate = {2022-08-01},

journal = {Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture},

volume = {38},

pages = {131-152},

abstract = {Can Confucian ethics contribute to diagnosing the root causes of video games’ toxicity and formulating design requirements for redressing it? Contemporary Confucian studies on technology have not addressed these questions, although video games have become an important part of contemporary human life. 

This paper advances Confucian-inspired ethical studies on technologies by bringing attention to the moral dimension of this underexamined aspect of contemporary life. By focusing on League of Legends (one of the most popular toxic online multiplayer games), we argue that League’s toxic environment hinders the cultivation of ren (仁), shu (恕), and he (和), but Confucian conceptual resources can inspire the formulation of at least three design recommendations against League’s toxicity. The first is to eliminate killing in the game by banking on players’ desire to express their skillfulness. The second is to include a rewatching feature to sanction toxic players with the aim of inculcating sympathy in them. The last is to add a procedure before and after each match, where players can cordially interact with each other and develop mutual respect.

},

keywords = {Confucianism, Ethics of Technology, League of Legend, toxicity},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Babushkina2021,

title = {Disruption, technology and the question of (artificial) identity},

author = {Dina Babushkina and Athanasios Votsis},

doi = {10.1007/s43681-021-00110-y},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-25},

journal = {AI & Society},

keywords = {Anthropomorphism, Artificial identity, Cognitive extenders, Disruptive technology, Ethics of Technology, Smart devices},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Brey2020,

title = { Recent Developments in Dutch and European Philosophy and Ethics of Technology},

author = {Philip Brey},

doi = {10.5840/techne2020244129},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

urldate = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology.},

keywords = {Ethics of Technology},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}