nonetheless important. Developers building lifelogs should assess how their technology could harm the lifelogger or others recorded by the lifelogger and develop ways to avoid this harm from happening. A sensitive or the ‘value design’-approach help and knowledge of disciplines outside engineering and computing science can be beneficial, such as psychology, medicine, ethics, and environmental studies. Identify possible opportunities: Developers should assess the potential opportunities for beneficence. Information can be useful in several ways but information has to be presented in a way and form that is constructive to realise the opportunities. The opportunities are likely to be realised only with a conscious effort to achieve them, as the benefits from lifelogs are by no means self-evident. Involve experts: Lifelog developers should involve experts capable of identifying issues and benefits and able to guide the development of the technology so that the benefits are reaped and the issues solved. Realising the opportunities is not and often requires expert knowledge. A multidisciplinary approach in which knowledge from various disciplines necessary for an ethical development of lifelog technology, such as communication studies, psychology, ethics, and medicine. If the lifelog aims to promote a capacity the information as well as the presentation should suit the purposes of this capability. Address concerns regarding privacy: The previously provided recommendations to safeguard privacy should be followed (4.6 Harm is often resulting Recommendations). from failures to protect privacy of lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers. Safeguarding privacy by following the provided recommendations will alleviate some of the concerns regarding beneficence, such as for the capability ‘bodily integrity’. Address concerns regarding autonomy: Also, the recommendations to safeguard autonomy should be followed, e.g. a high standard for the quality of information can benefit lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers. In the following as well as in the previous chapter, recommendations are offered that can be helpful to address concerns for the autonomy of lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers (5.4 and Recommendations 7.3 Recommendations).
nonetheless important. Developers building lifelogs should assess how their technology could harm the lifelogger or others recorded by the lifelogger and develop ways to avoid this harm from happening. A ‘value sensitive design’-approach or the help and knowledge of disciplines outside engineering and computing science can be beneficial, such as psychology, medicine, ethics, and environmental studies. Identify possible opportunities: Developers should assess the potential opportunities for beneficence. Information can be useful in several ways but information has to be presented in a way and form that is constructive to realise the opportunities. The opportunities are likely to be realised only with a conscious effort to achieve them, as the benefits from lifelogs are by no means self-evident. Involve experts: Lifelog developers should involve experts capable of identifying issues and benefits and able to guide the development of the technology so that the benefits are reaped and the issues solved. Realising the opportunities is not and often requires expert knowledge. A multidisciplinary approach in which knowledge from various disciplines necessary for an ethical development of lifelog technology, such as communication studies, psychology, ethics, and medicine. If the lifelog aims to promote a capacity the information as well as the presentation should suit the purposes of this capability. Address concerns regarding privacy: The previously provided recommendations to safeguard privacy should be followed (4.6 Recommendations). Harm is often resulting from failures to protect privacy of lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers. Safeguarding privacy by following the provided recommendations will alleviate some of the concerns regarding beneficence, such as for the capability ‘bodily integrity’. Address concerns regarding autonomy: Also, the recommendations to safeguard autonomy should be followed, e.g. a high standard for the quality of information can benefit lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers. In the following as well as in the previous chapter, recommendations are offered that can be helpful to address concerns for the autonomy of lifeloggers and non-lifeloggers (5.4 Recommendations and 7.3 Recommendations).
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