国外网络道德行为研究述评

Review of Internet Ethic Studies in the West

以微电子技术革命为基础的计算、通讯和网络技术的迅速发展,推动了以网络为主要特征的社会结构的崛起,和以匿名为主要特征的虚拟行为方式的凸显,从而在一定程度上引发了新的道德风险。从20世纪下半叶开始,国外学界对由网络引发的诸多新道德议题,进行了广泛的研究。在概要介绍国外网络伦理学的发展状况、理论视野和核心议题的基础上,对近年来有关网络道德行为的实证研究成果,进行了梳理和分析。

The social struture based on the Internet and the virtual behaviour based on anonymity are bringing about unprecedented ethic risks, which have drawn considerable attention among the Internet sociologists in the west. The present paper is a summary and review of the studies prevalent in the west in the past decade concerning the ethic problems caused by the Internet.