Philosophy 2078F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Joseph Schechtman, Online Identity, Virtual Reality
20 Dec 2019
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The story of my (second) life: virtual worlds and narrative identity- maya. The question: user- human living a rl offline, avatar- online character living in sl, user has control over the name, gender, species, appearance, motion, speech, well-developed social space- avatars interact similar to rl. Internal economy and avatars can use currency to make purchases: friendship, enemies, sexual encounters, professionals. Playing"- pretending to take on a specific character. The narrative view of personal identity: narrative approach- each single person is a unique and unified narrative. My avatar, my self: virtual harm and attachment- jessica wolfendale. Thesis attachments people normally enjoy to their possessions and communities are considered morally significant in real life; when similar attachments develop toward an avatar in the virtual world, consistency demands that those attachments be regarded as similarly morally significant. Sin in cyber-eden: understanding the metaphysics and morals of virtual worlds- In absent of informed consent of all users, rules of common-sense morality obtain.
