Kate Ott

Christian Ethics for a Digital Society (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Christian Ethics for a Digital Society looks at how we live in an increasingly digital world. From sexting to hashtag activism like the #metoo movement, technology has entered both our private and public lives in a deep way. Far from hand-wringing about the dangers of technology, Christian Ethics for a Digital Society offers pragmatic wisdom on how to live thoughtfully today. Instead of just worrying about the next technological gadget or app, it's time we consider what Christianity has to offer a world increasingly reimagined in a digital landscape. This book provides a new perspective on how to assess digital technology use, development, and expansion through a lens of Christian values. The purpose of this book is to begin a conversation about the massive ecosystem change that digital technologies push in our lives through a focus on the ethics of everyday practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881873318
• Artikelnr.: 74396511

Autorenporträt

Kate Ott is associate professor of Christian social ethics at Drew Theological School.She also held the position of deputy director of the Religious Institute, a nonprofit committed to sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. She is author or co-editor of several books, including Sex + Faith: Talking with Your Child from Birth to Adolescence. She has leadership roles with organizations including Catholics for Choice and Feminist Studies in Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Christian Ethics as Creative Moral Response
Digital Literacies as Praxis
Moral Approaches and Digital Technologies
"We" and Moral Proportion
Moral Means
1 Programming for Difference
Babel: Valuing Diversity
Data, Algorithms, and Predictive Analytics
Searching Difference, Networking Diversity
Excursus 1: Difference and Self-Understanding
2 Networked Selves
Moral Formation in a Digital Life
Are We Disconnected in Our Connection?
Digitally Creating the Self
The Self as Digital, or I Share, and Therefore I Am
Attunement and Digital Moral Formation
Excursus 2: Moral Complicity in the Digital Society
3 Moral Functions Beyond the Delete Key
Sin and Metanoia in a Digital Age
Digital Data, Archiving, and Surveillance
Ctrl + Z: To Forget or to Forgive?
Moral Functions of Forgiveness and Metanoia
Digital Disruption 94
Excursus 3: God as Panopticon or Prisoner
4 Creation Connectivity
Linking Ecological, Technological, and Social Issues
Data Mining and Digital Mattering
Reconnecting with Cocreative Responsibility
Excursus 4: Digital Clouds and Dirt-Filled Devices
5 Ethical Hacking and Hacking Ethics
Swords into Plowshares
Digital Literacies for Hacking
Participatory Culture and Digital Citizenship
Creativity, Hacking, and Community
Conclusion
Excursus 5: Reading and Writing New Visions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Web Citations