Humanity in the Digital Age
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Persons
Fiorella Battaglia
is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Founding Director of the "Laboratory for Ethics in the Wild" at the University of Salento. Since 2013, she has been affiliated with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her latest book is Robotic Emotions: Robots and the Challenges of Artificial Morality (2025).
Stefania Achella
is Full Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Chieti-Pescara. She co-edited Vulnerabilities (Springer, 2023) and a 2026 Topoi special issue on human-centeredness and AI ethics.
Mariafilomena Anzalone
is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Basilicata. She authored The Enigma of the Human (2025) and co-edited Reconfiguring Human Autonomy (Springer, 2026).
Anna Donise is Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Naples Federico II. She has translated works by Rickert, Husserl, and Jaspers, and co-edited special issues on moral dilemmas, autonomy, mental illness, and creativity.
Sergio Salvatore
is Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology at the University of Salento and visiting professor at WSB Merito University. He has published over 300 works and serves as editor and co-editor of major psychology journals and book series.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction: How Artificial Intelligence Returned Ethics to the Public Sphere.- Part I - Clarification of Ethical Concepts: Chapter 2: Towards a Democratic Turn in Technological Governance: Autonomy, Empathy, Vulnerability.- Chapter 3: Methodology and Innovation: An Empirical and Cultural Approach to AI Ethics.- Chapter 4: Surveying the Ethical Landscape of AI: Engaging with Key Scholarship and Guidelines.- Part II - Methodological Innovation: Chapter 5: Empirical Foundations I: How Media Shapes Perceptions of AI.- Chapter 6: Empirical Foundations II: Public Attitudes through Survey Research.- Chapter 7: From Data to Ethics: Interpreting the Findings.- Part III - Ethical Guidelines: Chapter 8: Ethical Guidelines for a Critical Human-Centered Digitalization.- Part IV - Theory and Practice. Facing Emerging Questions: Chapter 9: Sub-symbolic and symbolic machine ethics: an introduction.- Chapter 10: Extreme Ethical Challenges: Autonomous Systems in Military Applications.- Chapter 11: Algorithmic Racism: Uncovering Logical Structures and Historical-Philosophical Roots.- Chapter 12: AI Ethics and the Green Transition: The Case of the Puglia Green Hydrogen Valley.- Chapter 13: Nuclear Risk, Autonomous Weapons and Responsibility.- Chapter 14: Cultures and Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 15: Digital Colonialism and the Denial of Human Vulnerability.- Chapter 16: Regulating AI, Protecting Humanity.- Chapter 17: Conclusion: Rethinking Human Values in the Digital Society.