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Publication Date: 2021
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Unique Ethical Challenges for the 21st Century: Online Technology and Virtue Education
Dennis, Matthew; Harrison, Tom
Journal of Moral Education, v50 n3 p251-266 2021
Living well in the 21st century will present human beings with a unique set of demands and ethical challenges, many of which will require a rapid response to developments in the online space. Online activities increasingly permeate our practical lives. Although there is every indication that this activity will intensify, even experts on digital technology recognise that the precise effects of future emergent technology will be uncertain and remain unknown. We argue that education directed at the cultivation of cyber-"wisdom" and other cyber-"virtues" provides our best chance of creating a moral vocabulary that can guide us towards living well in the 21st century. The aim of this article is to offer the first outline of an educational model, founded on neo-Aristotelian theory, that illustrates how these qualities could be cultivated through moral education.
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Values Education, Influence of Technology, Internet, 21st Century Skills, Futures (of Society), Models, Multiple Literacies, Motivation, Reflection, Thinking Skills, Children, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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