Since the seventies, IE has been a standard topic in many curricula. In recent years, there has been a flourishing of new university courses, international conferences, workshops, professional organizations, specialized periodicals and research centres. However, investigations have so far been largely influenced by professional and technical approaches, addressing mainly legal, social, cultural and technological problems. This book is the first philosophical monograph entirely and exclusively dedicated to it.
Floridi lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for IE. He does so systematically, by pursuing three goals:
a) a metatheoretical goal: it describes what IE is, its problems, approaches and methods;
b) an introductory goal: it helps the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to computer ethics;
c) an analytic goal: it answers several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of the ethical implications of ICTs.
Although entirely independent of The Philosophy of Information (OUP, 2011), Floridi's previous book, The Ethics of Information complements it as new work on the foundations of the philosophy of information.
Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is also the Director of Reasearch and Senior Research Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute, Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, and Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy of the Department of Computer Science. He is also Adjunct Professor ("Distinguished Scholar in Residence") of the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D. C. Among his recognitions, he is recipient of the APA's Barwise Prize, AISB Fellowship, the IACAP's Covey Award, and the INSEIT's Weizenbaum Award. His other books include The Philosophy of Information (OUP, 2011), Information: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2010), and The Fourth Revolution (OUP, 2014).
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