Ethics in Cyberspace

Preface I The basic premise 1 Ethics in Cyberspace 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 The Face of the Other 1.1.2 The 'Legal Tender' experiment 1.1.3 Explaining the basic premise 1.1.4 Road-map 2 The basic premise revisited 2.1 Shortcomings of the basic premise 2.1.1 The kind of mediation 2.1.2 The character of actions contrasted 2.1.3 Coincidental difference in interaction 2.1.4 Qualitative identity of situations 2.2 The basic premise 2.2.1 Restating the basic premise 2.2.2 Exploration of the basic premise II Action, explanation and cyberspace 3 Actions and explanations 3.1 Actions and reasons 3.1.1 'The moral problem' 3.1.2 A Humean theory of motivation 3.1.3 Internalism in relation to normative reasons 3.1.4 Pure cognitivist internalism 3.2 Explaining the basic premise 3.2.1 The role of beliefs in explanation 3.2.2 The role of ontological conditions in explanation 3.2.3 Explanatory model 4 Interaction in Cyberspace 4.1 Cyberspace | Infrastructure and interaction 4.1.1 Conceptual computers and digital electronic machines 4.1.2 Defining Cyberspace | virtuality and interaction 4.1.3 Specific kinds of interaction in Cyberspace 4.2 Key properties of cyberspatial interaction 4.2.1 Limited exchange of data and information 4.2.2 Limited sensory access 4.2.3 Extensive anonymity 4.2.4 Logical relationship between key properties III Explaining the basic premise 5 Belief and particularity 5.1 Structure of analysis 5.2 The three hypotheses 5.2.1 Being convinced to a certain extent 5.2.2 The reality of the patient 5.2.3 Reliable and relevant evidence 6 Belief and reality 6.1 Hypothesis I | Reality and determinateness 6.1.1 Determinateness and determinedness 6.1.2 Belief, reality and determinateness 6.2 Hypothesis II | Reality, causality and life-world 6.2.1 Causality and life-world 6.2.2 Belief, reality and causality 6.2.3 Belief, reality and life-world 6.3 Hypothesis III | Reality and vulnerability 6.3.1 Vulnerability and dependency 6.3.2 Belief, reality and vulnerability 6.4 Hypotheses I-III | Beliefs and evidence 6.4.1 Linking beliefs and evidence 7 Belief and evidence 7.1 Evidence in cyberspatial interaction 7.1.1 Lack of evidence 7.1.2 Lack of relevant evidence 7.1.3 Lack of reliable evidence 8 Belief and action 8.1 Belief, reality and ethics 8.1.1 Belief, reality and motivation 8.1.2 The particularity of moral concern 8.2 Explaining the moral difference in interaction 8.2.1 Foundation for explaining 8.2.2 Explaining 8.2.3 Revisiting sources of inspiration 9 A few concluding comments 9.1 Alternative explanations and interpretations Bibliography