ETHICS (Normative)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1176 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences |
G. MINATI considers normative ethics as “a self-designed social software ”, or “social self-designed space of rules in which social systems behave”(2002 a)
In such a process “agents and collective beings behave giving rise to new processes of emergence affecting both natural environment and current social ones”.
And “This social space of rules strongly influences behaviors of collective beings, i.e. available, used cognitive models ”.
These views, while seemingly meaningful, would need some clarifications:
- could “Collective Beings” be assimilated for example to rule-bound human systems ?
- How exactly do agents insert themselves in “Collective beings”?
- How does this metalevel ruled space arises out of interrelated agents actions? Could for example the network model be useful and how?
- What could be the role of “cognitive models”in “cultures ”? Or are cultures implicit “cognitive models”?
As to “ ethics”, if “normative”, it is very different to the personalistic ethics of von Foerster, for example.
See also
Autopoiesis, Closure, Ethics and Morality, Morality, Semantics (General)