The weakness of social ethics in cyberspace from the perspective of moral sensitivity

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Faculty member of the academy of Islamic Sciences and Culture

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The growing trend of immoral conduct always makes the thinkers and policymakers of the society to think of solution, before the society reaches the point of irreversibility in the vortex of these immoral conducts. Today, in cyberspace, we see more immoral conducts than physical space. The present article seeks to answer the question why we see immoral behavior with others in cyberspace more than physical space? The subject of the present study is limited to communicative misconducts (such as insults and privacy violations) and does not include personal harms (such as pornography addiction). To answer this question, James Rest's four-component theory has been used. The research hypothesis is that current means of communication have indirectly connected people and thus reduced their moral sensitivity. This decrease in sensitivity is the cause of much ethical misconduct in cyberspace. To support this hypothesis, evidence from experimental studies is provided: Findings from moral psychology, behavioral economics, and other branches of behavioral science.

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  • Receive Date: 04 September 2023
  • Revise Date: 09 October 2023
  • Accept Date: 23 January 2024

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