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The Digital Phenotype: a Philosophical and Ethical Exploration

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2019
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Loi, M. (2019). The Digital Phenotype: a Philosophical and Ethical Exploration. Philosophy & Technology, 32(1), 155–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0319-1

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The concept of the digital phenotype has been used to refer to digital data prognostic or diagnostic of disease conditions. Medical conditions may be inferred from the time pattern in an insomniac’s tweets, the Facebook posts of a depressed individual, or the web searches of a hypochondriac. This paper conceptualizes digital data as an extended phenotype of humans, that is as digital information produced by humans and affecting human behavior and culture. It argues that there are ethical obligations to persons affected by generalizabl

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  • Loi, Michele
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32

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1

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155

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171

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English

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2019-03-01

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2018-12-20

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2210-5433

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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Philosophy & Technology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0319-1

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Loi, M. (2019). The Digital Phenotype: a Philosophical and Ethical Exploration. Philosophy & Technology, 32(1), 155–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0319-1

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