Philosophical-anthropological and ethical aspects of modern computerization: Hans Jonas's ethics of responsibility and the challenges of the digital age

Abstract

The article examines the philosophical and ethical implications of the deep computerization of the modern world. The aim is to analyze the consequences of computerization and the basis of different ethics of responsibility and the new infosphere of war. The authors focus on the problems of the transformation of human subjectivity, digital inequality, algorithmic governance, as well as the challenges for moral autonomy and human dignity in the era of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making.

Methods. The research employed an interdisciplinary approach, integrating methods from social philosophy, ethics, anthropology, and sociology. This combination allowed for a comprehensive analysis of the philosophical and ethical aspects of computerization in contemporary society.

Results. The results of the study established that modern computerization is not only a technological trend, but a powerful philosophical phenomenon. It calls into question the fundamental ideas about autonomy, responsibility, corporeality and justice. The preservation of the humanistic core of human existence requires not only technical regulation, but above all philosophical sensitivity, ethical judgment and social criticism. Our research is based on the actualization of Hans Jonas's ethics of responsibility and its analogues in modern conditions, in particular the Florida ethics.

Conclusions. Jonas's ethics, which Florida transforms in the digital world, acquires new relevance in Ukraine. Developers of digital solutions, from volunteer IT projects to state technological structures (for example, «Diya») find themselves in the position of «ethical architects of reality» (L. Florida). Florida indicates that information dignity should encompass not only the living, but also the dead. In the digital environment, the memory of the deceased can be either an instrument of dignity or an object of manipulation.

The article analyzes Ukrainian cases of digital identification as a technology of memory and testimony, for example, the project «Eyes of War» as an algorithmic testimony for the International Criminal Court, which establishes the exact place and time of a war crime, and the Public Organization «Truth Hounds», which is engaged in digital documentation of war crimes. Also created by the Ministry of Digital Transformation is «eVorog». «Reface for Recognition» is used as a deepface identification technology to identify the dead. The project «Tribunal for Putin» has gone from media to an evidence base for crimes against humanity and their consequences. These cases demonstrate that Ukraine is forming a new global ethical precedent of digital memory of war, where information ethics is not an abstract philosophy, but a means of survival and justice.