Approach to Ethical Issues Based on Fundamental Informatics: School Days with a Pig as a Clue

Proceedings

Nishida, Yohei¹ 

关键词: communication system;    ethical norms;    fundamental informatics;    second-order cybernetics;    autopoiesis theory;   

DOI  :  10.3390/IS4SI-2017-04039

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper explores the difference between companion animals and domestic livestock from the viewpoint of neo-cybernetical informatics, referring to an educational trial which was to raise a young pig for eating. The problem in this trial is based on an informatic difference between seeing a pig as a friend and as food in daily lives. Our behavior as being a communicational actor should be distinguished from just being a non-communicational sign interpreter because we can assume ethical norms as long as a communication system continuously operates. This argument can be a starting point for developing a new discussion on ethical issues, not in terms of the difference of intelligence or the importance of lives, but in terms of the possibility of construction of a communication system with us.

【 授权许可】

CC BY