Responsibility of Net Users

What is it about?

In this paper I develop the concepts of moral responsibility and of social responsibility, adopting them to the Internet realm. I first discuss and explain the concepts and their implications on people and society. Then I address the issue of moral and social responsibilities of agents, or Net users. Next I turn to the issue of readers’ moral and social responsibilities: Responsibility of people who encounter malicious postings on the Internet, some of which might be damaging and harmful. Should they simply read the postings and move on or do something about it?

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Why is it important?

Free speech without responsibility has dire consequences. A balance needs to be struck between freedom of expression and social responsibility.

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