IMPLICATIONS OF THE DIGITAL AGE ON SUSTAINABILITY: A REFLECTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2165122521118

• Palavras-chave: Technological criticism; Principle of responsibility; Dimensions of sustainability; Digital ubiquity; Technoscientific progress; Digital technologies; Ethical conflicts.

• Keywords: Technological criticism; Principle of responsibility; Dimensions of sustainability; Digital ubiquity; Technoscientific progress; Digital technologies; Ethical conflicts.

• Abstract:

  This paper reflects on the implications of digital age practices in the three dimensions of sustainability. The constituents show the ethical conflicts that arise from these practices. To this end, it begins with a documentary review of the cutting-edge knowledge on the subject and the identification of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of digital technologies. The results suggest the need to show not only the complexity of the effects of digital technologies, but also the precepts that environmental ethics and responsibility allow us to raise awareness in order to steer the course of the negative effects of this technological field.