Talk:Information Ethics and Human Capability

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Noreen Comments

Perhaps this could be incorporated with HL 3 regarding accessibility. since Accessibility is a human rights issue. It could state that the system should make reasonable accommodations to be accessible and sensitive to the rights and capabilities of as many users as is feasible. Could then show examples of user choices that might be affected by capability issues and a link to Ann's citations.

Mary Hodder, 2 Dec 2014

Ann, what I notice is that while some of this work is applicable to our work in the UXC, not all of it is. For example, not everything in this list:
"what we at IDESG are wrestling with namely 'identity in cyberspace' or put in a friendlier way, Human Identity Solutions that are Privacy-Enhancing and Voluntary, Secure and Resilient, Interoperable, and Cost-Effective and Easy To Use."

Is something the UXC is responsible for.. some of those areas or items are the purview of privacy, security and standards. However, I agree that the references you make to folks like Helen Nissenbaum are very useful, and I'd like to see if we can't take some of what is here that applies just to the UXC's mission and apply that to our requirements and goals.

For example, "Voluntary" and "Resilient" and "Easy to Use" are all in our scope (resilient UX to me being something that could be resolved in a way in UX to be about 'responsive' UIs.. which are both reactive and proactive responses to UI and UX challenges and which are very common now and I think we should ask for them generally). I think we should work with the other committees on the other pieces as we can. But our goals in the UXC must be scoped somewhat and I think we can take key words and concepts from these works you mention and apply them to the NSTIC principals.

Many of Nussbaum's and Nissenbaum, et al's points are really asking for physical, intellectual and emotional respect in context. If we address identity and personal data respect in context, I think we get the things Nussbaum and Nissenbaum, et al are addressing. Does this make sense?

If so, then the challenge is how to make these practically reference and inform parts of the NSTIC requirements and goals. For example, Nissenbaum et al mention: "new forms of agency (artificial and hybrid), of responsibility and accountability" and I think we could translate this into the forms of agency we want to see individuals get when they use an identity and personal data system.