University/Organization
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department
Georgia Southern University
Savannah, Georgia
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department
Georgia Southern University
Savannah, Georgia
Title
Hybrid Moral Agency: The “We-It” Phenomenon
Synopsis
The greatest obstacle to human freedom is now the assumption that humans are autonomous with respect to technological systems. In a world where all collective societal activities are mediated and channeled by technological systems which have their own value frameworks and requirements, the Enlightenment meaning of human autonomy is now a distortion undermining all of ethics and attempts to morally limit system growth and development. Understanding the relation between the “I” and the “we” requires reflection on the agency of the “it”, the technological system that mediate all actions.