Principles of Geoethics: Essays on Practical Applications of Moral Philosophy to Technology that Transcends Geography

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Principles of Geoethics provides rules to govern technology that transcends geography. The principles of geoethics employ Citizens' Assemblies, Ulysses Algorithms and Geoethical Audit Organizations to ensure that newly proposed technologies are not inappropriately delayed, and that once they are deployed, they operate within parameters that were agreed-upon prior to deployment. The new discipline of geoethics subsumes the earlier fields of bioethics and medical ethics as special cases of technology without geographic scope, and broadens the discipline of geography to include the ethics of technology.The three principles of geoethics are diversity, unity and viability. Diversity means respect for the autonomy of everyone that wants to implement a technology, and of everyone that wants to avoid being adversely affected by a technology. Unity means to be part of a process of discussion and agreement among individuals so that a technology can be implemented in a way that does not adversely affect others without their consent. The Unity Principle is implemented via a combination of expert system or AI powered Ulysses' Algorithms and randomly selected Citizens' Assemblies. Finally, the Viability Principle creates an independent source of compliance monitoring for technology implementation decisions. The Viability Principle requires the establishment of Geoethical Audit Organizations. Through the 21st century it is estimated that as many as 70,000,000 people will be employed as geoethicists to help apply Ulysses' Algorithms, Citizens' Assemblies and Geoethical Audit Organizations to technology that transcends geography.