And Lead Us (Not) into Persuasion...? Persuasive Technology and the Ethics of Communication.

The paper develops ethical guidelines for the development and usage of persuasive technologies (PT) that can be derived from applying discourse ethics to this type of technologies. The application of discourse ethics is of particular interest for PT, since 'persuasion' refers to an act of communicat...

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Published in:	Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 633 - 651
Main Author:	Spahn, Andreas
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Dec2012
Subjects:	Ethics Persuasion (Psychology) Discourse ethics Critical theory Communication
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost