Document (#42531)

Author

Mathiesen, K.

Title

Toward a political philosophy of information

Source

Library trends. 63(2015) no.3, S.427-447

Year

2015

Abstract

Many of the most pressing issues in information ethics-informational privacy, surveillance, intellectual property, access to information, and the distribution of information resources-can only be addressed at the level of global politics. This paper develops an approach to theorizing about political questions of concern to information ethics. It begins by situating a political philosophy of information within the broader field of ethics and defending a theoretical approach that is practical, person-centered, and pluralistic. The method of dialogic public reason, as articulated by John Rawls and supplemented with insights from Jürgen Habermas, is described and defended. It is argued that dialogic public reason provides a way to justify political principles in a diverse global context. The paper concludes by relating the idea of dialogic public reason to international human rights. The putative human right to intellectual property is criticized on the grounds that it does not pass the test of public reason.

Content

Beitrag in einem Themenheft: 'Exploring Philosophies of Information'.

Footnote

Vgl.: 10.1353/lib.2015.0000.

Theme

Information

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