'Lost in translation'?: Intercultural dialogues on privacy and information ethics (Introduction to special issue on Privacy and Data Privacy Protection in Asia)

摘要

The papers collected here reflect and articulate central elements of a critical but still nascent dialogue among Western philosophers interested in information and computer ethics and their counterparts in "Eastern" countries - specifically Japan, China, and Thailand. They share a common focus on privacy as a key element in information and computer ethics. Our goal in these papers is to provide philosophers and ethicists with some basic insights into the important similarities and crucial differences between Eastern and Western concepts and emerging data privacy protection laws -first of all, for the sake of furthering an informed and respectful global dialogue in information ethics. Given the global scope and influences of information technologies, such a global dialogue is critical - especially if an information ethics is to emerge that respects and fosters those elements of specific cultures that are crucial to their sense of identity.