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Invisible Ethics: The Problem of Anonymity on the Internet

dc.contributor.authorAbreu Ladeira da Costa e Silva, Miguel
dc.contributor.supervisorRobichaud, David
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T16:29:43Z
dc.date.available2020-02-27T16:29:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-27en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims to shed some light on the way anonymity affects behavior online, as well as the moral implications this influence supposes for internet users. We do this in three chapters, each dedicated to a specific aspect that might be problematic, and look at the technical aspects of the influence of anonymity, as well as the psychological aspects of this influence. We begin by analyzing anonymity as a tool that gives rational actors an advantage over their peers. We then gage the extent to which it constitutes a situational force, and how it coordinates with other situational forces within the online environment. Finally, through an evaluation aided by moral psychology and the literature in ethics, we use a situationist approach to identify the two main ways in which we believe anonymity affects moral behavior in the internet.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10393/40213
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-24446
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversité d'Ottawa / University of Ottawaen_US
dc.subjectAnonymityen_US
dc.subjectInterneten_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectSituational forcesen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectBehavioren_US
dc.titleInvisible Ethics: The Problem of Anonymity on the Interneten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArtsen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMAen_US
uottawa.departmentPhilosophie / Philosophyen_US

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