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The Knowledge Economy and Moral Community

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This essay suggests that the 21st century knowledge economy represents a moderate form of moral community. To show this I first clarify the ideas of moral community and a knowledge economy. The latter reflects the emergence of high volume, high speed, high precision (or +VSP) electronic communications and exchange networks, both of which embody the ethical value of reciprocity. One result has been the emergence of commercially oriented knowledge communities. In conclusion, the +VSP communications knowledge economy raises several problems, about truth, social turbulence, and democratic community.

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Norcia, V.d. The Knowledge Economy and Moral Community. Journal of Business Ethics 38, 167–177 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015777114436

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