1st Edition
Virtual Worlds, Real Politics Ethical Competencies for the Next Digital Age
1. The Future of Digital Reality 2. Passions: How the Virtual Reenacts the Political 3. Skilled Princes of the Virtual Realm 4. Vires in Numeris 5. Virtual Choices, Real Consequences. Navigating Ethical Challenges in the Age of Metaverse 6. Egoism and Identity 7. Human Virtues in a Post-Human World. Rediscovering Values in Digital Spaces 8. The Ethics of Care in a Connected Society. Protecting Dignity and Virtual Relationships 9. Simulations Becoming the Myths of the Future 10. Governing the Metaverse. Who Writes the Rules of the Digital World? 11. The Space of Appearance and the New Forms of Immersive Activism
Biography
Liza Ireni-Saban is Dean of Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University (formerly Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya). Her research interests include public administration ethics, regulation, public policy and political philosophy. Prof. Ireni-Saban is co-author of Politics of Eugenics: Productionism, Population, and National Welfare, Ethical Governance of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector and Making the Public Service Millennial: Generational Diversity in Public Service and author of Disaster Emergency Management: The Emergence of Professional Help for Victims of Natural Disasters and International Disaster Management Ethics.
Francesca Consolaro is Lecturer at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University, Israel. Her research focuses on political theory and philosophy, with a particular emphasis on contemporary political philosophy and comparative analyses between Western philosophical traditions and other cultural frameworks. In addition to her philosophical work, she investigates the dynamics of ideas and narratives’ propagation and their weaponisation in the context of contemporary cognitive warfare.
