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And Lead Us (Not) into Persuasion…? Persuasive Technology and the Ethics of Communication.
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PMID:  21544700     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The paper develops ethical guidelines for the development and usage of persuasive technologies (PT) that can be derived from applying discourse ethics to this type of technologies. The application of discourse ethics is of particular interest for PT, since 'persuasion' refers to an act of communication that might be interpreted as holding the middle between 'manipulation' and 'convincing'. One can distinguish two elements of discourse ethics that prove fruitful when applied to PT: the analysis of the inherent normativity of acts of communication ('speech acts') and the Habermasian distinction between 'communicative' and 'strategic rationality' and their broader societal interpretation. This essay investigates what consequences can be drawn if one applies these two elements of discourse ethics to PT.
Authors:
Andreas Spahn
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-5-5
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science and engineering ethics     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1471-5546     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 May 
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Created Date:  2011-5-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9516228     Medline TA:  Sci Eng Ethics     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Ethics of Technology, School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, Room: IPO 1.02, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, a.spahn@tue.nl.
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