Legal, teсhnological, ethical regulation in the infosphere: the problem of choice

Abstract

The correlation of legal, technological and ethical regulation in the infosphere is analyzed. Scientific novelty lies in an interdisciplinary consideration of the issue with the involvement of the works of modern both foreign and domestic researchers. Some of the foreign sources mentioned in the article are first introduced into the Russian-language scientific circulation. The paradigmatic approach of L. Floridi as the most adequate today is used as the methodological basis of the study. The concept and structure of the infosphere, as well as the doctrinal consolidation of this term, are also analyzed. Attention is focused on the problem of determining the subjects of the infosphere. The specificity of legal, technological and ethical regulation in the infosphere is determined. It is concluded that legal, technological and ethical regulation in the infosphere should be used in combination. In this case, excessive regulation must be avoided. A methodological solution to the problem is proposed based on the distinction between hard and soft ethics: it is advisable to apply legal regulation in the framework of strict ethics, and apply soft ethics in technological regulation.