The Information Gap, the Digital Divide, and the Obligations of Affluent
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https://doi.org/10.29173/irie7Abstract
In this essay, I would like to do three things. First, I would like to provide a broad and brief overview of the effects of absolute poverty in creating an information gap and a digital divide and the effects of these gaps in perpetuating absolute poverty. Second, I would like to show that ordinary case intuitions, normative ethical theories, and theological considerations converge in entailing a moral obligation to help those in poverty. Third, I would like to argue, all too briefly, that although this surely involves making donations of both cash and food - free of the sorts of conditions that are frequently imposed by organizations like the IMF and World Bank - it also involves donations of a sort that are specifically targeted to close the information and digital divides.Downloads
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2007-09-01
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Himma, Kenneth Einar. 2007. “The Information Gap, the Digital Divide, and the Obligations of Affluent”. The International Review of Information Ethics 7 (September). Edmonton, Canada:63-76. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie7.
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