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Article
Envisioning Ethical Mass Influence Systems
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
(2022)
Abstract
This work envisions the possibility of ethical Mass Influence Systems (MISs). Modern algorithmic MISs, like Facebook and YouTube, have seen a link between the systems design for profit maximization and the increased radicalization of users (Wu, 2017). Using a Goals analysis grounded in philosophy (Falcon, 2022; Lipton, 1990; Bostrom, 2014), we will contrast the goals of existing algorithmic MISs with the goals of a future ethical algorithmic MIS. With the philosophical guidance of the Moral Parliament (Newberry & Ord, 2021) and the Moral Landscape (Janoff-Bulman & Carnes, 2013), we elaborate on a set of goals and mechanisms for promoting human flourishing via ethical MISs.
Keywords
- Ethics,
- Analytic Philosophy,
- Proximate and Ultimate Causation,
- Moral Parliament,
- Moral Landscape,
- Flourishing
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 14, 2022
DOI
https://doi-org.proxy1.lib.uwo.ca/10.1002/pra2.716
Citation Information
Alex Mayhew, Yimin Chen, Sarah E Cornwell, Nicole S Delellis, et al.. "Envisioning Ethical Mass Influence Systems" Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 59 (2022) p. 756 - 758 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/victoriarubin/19/