Information ethics and Internet research ethics: An interview with Rafael Capurro

Abstract

The emergence of the Internet and new technologies along with their challenges, have caused more attention to new and special aspects of ethics. This is an interview with Rafael Capurro on information ethics and Internet research ethics. This interview is given on the occasion of an invitation from Prof. Jafar Mehrad to visit the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) and the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICEST) in Shiraz (Iran) from September 30 to October 5, 2014, and to give a number of lectures on the information concept and on information ethics.