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Track thyself?: the value and ethics of self-knowledge through technology

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2024
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Leuenberger, M. (2024). Track thyself?: the value and ethics of self-knowledge through technology. Philosophy & Technology, 37, 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00704-4

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Novel technological devices, applications, and algorithms can provide us with a vast amount of personal information about ourselves. Given that we have ethical and practical reasons to pursue self-knowledge, should we use technology to increase our self-knowledge? And which ethical issues arise from the pursuit of technologically sourced self-knowledge? In this paper, I explore these questions in relation to bioinformation technologies (health and activity trackers, DTC genetic testing, and DTC neurotechnologies) and algorithmic profi

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  • Leuenberger, Muriel
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37

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1

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13

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Keywords

Self-knowledge, Bioinformation, Algorithmic profiling, Relational identity, Ethics of self-knowledge

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English

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2024-03-01

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2024-02-21

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2210-5433

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80 since deposited on 2024-02-21
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104 since deposited on 2024-02-21
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Leuenberger, M. (2024). Track thyself?: the value and ethics of self-knowledge through technology. Philosophy & Technology, 37, 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00704-4

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