Philip Nickel
Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Andreas Spahn
Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Published in: Persuasive Technology: Design for Health and Safety; The 7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology; PERSUASIVE 2012; Linköping; Sweden; June 6-8; Adjunct Proceedings
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 68:10, p. 37-40
Published: 2012-06-06
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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
In this paper we analyze the role trust plays in an ethical evaluation of PT. We distinguish between trust in PT itself; and trust in those humans who design; produce and deploy it and draw on Discourse Ethics to further distinguish two types of communication embodied in PTs: asymmetrical and symmetrical communication.
