Collective intelligence and ethical individualism

  • Authors:

  • Richard Volkman

  • Affiliations:

  • Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society - Selected Papers from The Ninth International Conference on Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Many commentators conceive the self in either atomistic or holistic terms, even as our understanding of the self as a node of processing within the wider network for revealing the "wisdom of crowds" has long transcended this dichotomy. Understanding the self as a "center of narrative gravity" leaves room for a robust individualism in the context of rich sociality. Such a conception is already present in the classic individualism of the 19th Century and supports optimism that digital culture at once encourages individual flourishing and cultural progress alike.