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In this roundtable we seek to add and explore a fourth focal point for questions of cyberspace governance: Why do we try to shape cyberspace? To this end, we have invited experts from a variety of disciplines to explore the implications of some of the more popular justifications for regulating cyber...

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Published in:Ethics & international affairs 2018-12, Vol.32 (4), p.407-410
Main Authors: Hollis, Duncan B, Maurer, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Essays
Ethics
Finnemore, Martha
Human rights
International relations
Internet
Morozov, Evgeny
Nation states
National security
Ohlin, Jens David
Privacy
Rawls, John (1921-2002)
Surveillance
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Summary:In this roundtable we seek to add and explore a fourth focal point for questions of cyberspace governance: Why do we try to shape cyberspace? To this end, we have invited experts from a variety of disciplines to explore the implications of some of the more popular justifications for regulating cyberspace. We believe that responses in each of the first three baskets of questions—what to govern, whom to govern, and how to govern—often depend on answering why the regulation is sought in the first place. Moreover, there are substantially different answers to the “why” question. Are we governing cyberspace to protect privacy or are we doing so to further economic interests? Are we governing cyberspace to advance the free flow of information or to ensure that states can pursue security? Of course, different stakeholders may answer these questions differently. And some may be inclined to a pluralist “all of the above” response, which then raises the question of how to prioritize among such competing purposes.
ISSN:0892-6794
1747-7093
DOI:10.1017/S089267941800062X