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Soft ethics, the governance of the digital and the General Data Protection Regulation

Author(s) -

Luciano Floridi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2018.0081

Subject(s) - legislation , data protection act 1998 , theme (computing) , data governance , information ethics , corporate governance , general data protection regulation , compliance (psychology) , european union , soft law , engineering ethics , political science , ethics of technology , hard law , law and economics , public administration , business , sociology , law , computer science , meta ethics , economics , management , engineering , international law , marketing , metric (unit) , data quality , economic policy , operating system , psychology , social psychology

The article discusses the governance of the digital as the new challenge posed by technological innovation. It then introduces a new distinction betweensoft ethics , which applies after legal compliance with legislation, such as the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union, andhard 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.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges’.

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