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January 9th, 2013
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Snap Ethics
January 8th, 2013
Ethics in the News, New Ethics for New Issues, Uncategorized, Unusual Ethics
I permanently lag behind in technology in all respects much to the exasperation of my tech-savvy family. However, one app that has recently made both my children’s iPhones and news headlines as potentially disrupting social media has caught my eye: SnapChat. As far as I understand it, SnapChat’s unique selling point is that it allows free sharing of photos via smartphones that then spontaneously self-destruct within a maximum of 10 seconds. Short lifespans raise interesting ethics questions. My own ethics work focuses on forward-looking decision-making, indeed the opposite of short-term (or micro-term) analysis. The ethical implications of SnapChat might question:...
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January 8th, 2013
Éthique Inhabituelle, L'Éthique dans l'Actualité, Nouvelle Éthique pour Nouveaux Problèmes, Uncategorized
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January 8th, 2013
Ethics in the News @zh, New Ethics for New Issues @zh, Uncategorized, Unusual Ethics @zh
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