The ontological interpretation of informational privacy

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-200

  Floridi, Luciano ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information ethics; Informational privacy; Infosphere; Ontological friction; Personal identity

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION ETHICS; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATIONAL PRIVACIES; INFOSPHERE; ONTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; PERSONAL IDENTITY;

FRICTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 33744479964     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-0001-7     Document Type: Article

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