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Björn Lundgren
I am an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. My research mains concerns issues concerning information, information security, privacy, anonymity, and AI technology. However, I ha
A Dilemma for Privacy as Control
The Journal of Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-019-09316-z Abstract Although popular, control accounts of privacy suffer from various counterexamples. In this article, it is argued that two such
Does semantic information need to be truthful?
Synthese 196(7): 2885–2906. doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1587-5 Abstract The concept of information has well-known difficulties. Among the many issues that have been discussed is the alethic nature of a se
Defining Information Security
Science and Engineering Ethics 25(2): 419–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9992-1. Abstract This article proposes a new definition of information security, the ‘Appropriate Access’ definition. Apar
Defining Social Housing: A Discussion on the Suitable Criteria
Housing, Theory and Society 36(2): 149–166. doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1459826. Abstract The term social housing has been characterized as a “floating signifier”, i.e. a term with no agreed-upon meanin
Mistake is to Myth What Pretense is to Fiction: A Reply to Goodman.
Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.
Safety requirements vs. crashing ethically: what matters most for policies on autonomous vehicles
AI & Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00964-6 Abstract The philosophical–ethical literature and the public debate on autonomous vehicles have been obsessed with ethical issues related to c
How software developers can fix part of GDPR’s problem of click-through consents
AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00970-8 Abstract When General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) arrived, most people probably noticed a practical flaw in the pr, p. 858)—revealing a practical flaw in the GDRP regulation, in which individuals’ privacy fail to be properly protected.
Improving on and assessing ethical guidelines for digital tracking and tracing systems for pandemics
Ethics and Information Technology Abstract So-called digital tracking and tracing systems (DTTSs) have been proposed as a means to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. There are ethical guidelines and eval
Why the immorality of consuming alcohol during pregnancy cannot tell us that abortion is immoral: A reply to Hendricks
in: BioethicsAbstractRecently, Perry Hendricks argued that abortion is immoral even if the fetus is not a person. He did so by arguing that causing a future child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome