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Justice, the Digital Revolution, Society and the Individual
The effects that the digital revolution is having on the threads that make up the fabric of our society are significant. Methods of communication and the ways in which individuals interact are changing. This has led to changes to our institutions, our well known structures and our trusted hierarchies. In this book the authors investigate the instruments of change in order to grasp how justice, the construct of society and the individual can be understood. The innovations brought forward by the digital revolution are inevitable and are here to stay, indeed at times they will cause conflict. This book recognises that changes to institutions such as the law must occur for us to adapt to a new and changing environment.
Bruno Zeller, Ph.D., is a Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He has published monographs and articles on transnational legal issues.
Mirella Atherton, Ph.D., is an academic at the University of Newcastle, Australia. While lecturing and researching she specialises in Banking and Finance Law and has a special interest in personal data.
Mirella Atherton, Ph.D., is an academic at the University of Newcastle, Australia. While lecturing and researching she specialises in Banking and Finance Law and has a special interest in personal data.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Part 1
The Legal Theories
1 Introduction
1 Drivers of Change
2 The Communication Dilemma
3 The Effects of Elites
4 A Look Back into History
5 The Digital Environment
6 The Attention Economy
7 What Next?
2 Lessons from History
1 Introduction
2 Historical Developments of Societal Theories
3 Hegel and the Social Order
4 Marx, Fetishism and the Notion of Justice
5 Fetishism of Commodities
6 The Concept of Justice
7 Conclusion
3 The Drivers of Instability
1 Introduction
2 Social Well-Being
3 The Wealth Pump
4 Overproduction of Degrees
5 The Ruling Class
6 State Breakdowns
7 Conclusion
4 The New World Order
1 Introduction
2 The Economic Background
3 The End of Globalisation
4 The Economy and the Principle of Justice
5 The Digital Revolution
6 Conclusion
Part 2
Transformation of Society
5 The Social Construction of Reality
1 Introduction
2 Social Construction
3 Institutionalisation
3.1 Reification
3.2 Origin of Institutionalisation
4 Constructivism
4.1 The Social Construction of Reality
4.2 Reality
5 The Contribution
6 Conclusion
6 Rawls Liberal Political Theory
1 Introduction
1.1 Rawls Theory of Justice
2 Rawls Theory of Justice
3 The Social Sphere
4 Nussbaum Analysis of Rawls
5 Friedman’s Freedom
6 Critical Analysis by Other Philosophers
7 Conclusion
Part 3
Preserving Individual Identity
7 The Digital Social World
1 Introduction
2 The Social World
3 Online Social Networks
4 The Social World and Legislation
5 Democracy
6 Stratification and Knowledge Distribution
7 Conclusion
8 Justice and
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1 European Union
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Legislation
1.1 Ethical Considerations
2 The Sociotechnical System
3 Habitualisation
4 The Fairness Loophole
5
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Accuracy
6 False Information
7 Artificial Intelligence Moral Control Problems
8 Conclusion
Part 4
The Balance of Power
9 Power Structures
1 Introduction
2 The Construction and Constitution of Power
3 Education and the Digital Divide
4 The Power of Education
4.1 The Process of Education
5 Educational Reform
6 Soft Power, Constraints and Forces
7 Shaping Realities through Social Constructionism
7.1 Bourdieu, Berger and Luckmann, and the Social Constructivism
8 Constructivism in International Relations
9 Conclusion
10 The Fading Line between Humans and Machines
1 Introduction
2 Looking Backwards
3 Back to the Future
4 The Question of Transhumanism
5 Transhumanism in Education
6 The Legal Aspect of a Person
7 Autonomous
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or the Non-biological Machine
8 Conclusion
11 Conclusions
1 The Digital Revolution
2 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Adherence to Rawls
3 Economic Interests
4 The Legal Input
Index
Acknowledgements
Part 1
The Legal Theories
1 Introduction
1 Drivers of Change
2 The Communication Dilemma
3 The Effects of Elites
4 A Look Back into History
5 The Digital Environment
6 The Attention Economy
7 What Next?
2 Lessons from History
1 Introduction
2 Historical Developments of Societal Theories
3 Hegel and the Social Order
4 Marx, Fetishism and the Notion of Justice
5 Fetishism of Commodities
6 The Concept of Justice
7 Conclusion
3 The Drivers of Instability
1 Introduction
2 Social Well-Being
3 The Wealth Pump
4 Overproduction of Degrees
5 The Ruling Class
6 State Breakdowns
7 Conclusion
4 The New World Order
1 Introduction
2 The Economic Background
3 The End of Globalisation
4 The Economy and the Principle of Justice
5 The Digital Revolution
6 Conclusion
Part 2
Transformation of Society
5 The Social Construction of Reality
1 Introduction
2 Social Construction
3 Institutionalisation
3.1 Reification
3.2 Origin of Institutionalisation
4 Constructivism
4.1 The Social Construction of Reality
4.2 Reality
5 The Contribution
6 Conclusion
6 Rawls Liberal Political Theory
1 Introduction
1.1 Rawls Theory of Justice
2 Rawls Theory of Justice
3 The Social Sphere
4 Nussbaum Analysis of Rawls
5 Friedman’s Freedom
6 Critical Analysis by Other Philosophers
7 Conclusion
Part 3
Preserving Individual Identity
7 The Digital Social World
1 Introduction
2 The Social World
3 Online Social Networks
4 The Social World and Legislation
5 Democracy
6 Stratification and Knowledge Distribution
7 Conclusion
8 Justice and
1 European Union
1.1 Ethical Considerations
2 The Sociotechnical System
3 Habitualisation
4 The Fairness Loophole
5
6 False Information
7 Artificial Intelligence Moral Control Problems
8 Conclusion
Part 4
The Balance of Power
9 Power Structures
1 Introduction
2 The Construction and Constitution of Power
3 Education and the Digital Divide
4 The Power of Education
4.1 The Process of Education
5 Educational Reform
6 Soft Power, Constraints and Forces
7 Shaping Realities through Social Constructionism
7.1 Bourdieu, Berger and Luckmann, and the Social Constructivism
8 Constructivism in International Relations
9 Conclusion
10 The Fading Line between Humans and Machines
1 Introduction
2 Looking Backwards
3 Back to the Future
4 The Question of Transhumanism
5 Transhumanism in Education
6 The Legal Aspect of a Person
7 Autonomous
8 Conclusion
11 Conclusions
1 The Digital Revolution
2 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Adherence to Rawls
3 Economic Interests
4 The Legal Input
Index
This book is of interest to researchers, policy makers and students interested in the effect of the digital revolution and how a knowledge of sociological and philosophical historical and contemporary thought affects the law in rebalancing society.