[AISWorld] CFP: SPECIAL ISSUE - Information Ethics from an Islamic Perspective

[Salam Abdallah]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Salam Abdallah <isalam at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Information Ethics from an Islamic Perspective
> *Call for Papers for *International Review of Information Ethics* (IRIE) *
> http://www.i-r-i-e.net/
>
> *Vol. 25 (08/2016)*
>
> edited by Salam Abdallah, Jared Bielby, Mahmood Sangari, Mahmood
> Khosrowjerdi
>
>    - Deadline for extended abstracts: *15th February 2016*
>    - Notification of acceptance to authors: *15th March 2016*
>    - Deadline for full articles: *30th May 2016*
>    - Deadline for revised articles: *15th July 2016*
>    - Publication: *August 2016*
>
> Researchers in information ethics have gone back in history as far as
> Aristotle and Descartes to seek ways, and develop principles, to resolve
> ethical quandaries arising from advancements in information and
> communication technologies. In the realm of published work, several studies
> have investigated the ethical dimensions of moral viewpoints and
> philosophies. For most of these stud-ies, however, emphasis has been drawn
> from secular and western philosophies, and religion has not been a point of
> contention. An ethical system comprising religious laws, specifically the
> Islamic doctrine, has rarely been addressed by ethical theorists, despite
> its potential for being a compre-hensive source of wide ranging principles
> that can be used to govern ethical decisions and guide moral behavior.
>
> Islam and its vast reservoir of knowledge can provide an alternative
> paradigm towards viewing information ethics. Islamic ethics derive from the
> Quran - a divine source, the Sunnah, and the Islamic jurisprudence that
> govern all aspects of life. An Islamic ethical system should also merit
> attention because it is generally believed that Islamic principles can be
> flexible and adaptable to many new situations such as those demanded by the
> confluence of information technology and ethics.
>
> While we acknowledge the importance of the spiritual realm of Islam, our
> interest in the following edition is on the extraction of principles and
> theories from the religious landscape of Islam towards its potential
> application to information ethics dilemmas.
>
>
> *Possible Topics and Questions*
>
> This issue of IRIE attempts to explore the political, social, and ethical
> dimensions of big data. We welcome the exploration of, while not
> restricting to, the following subject areas:
>
> Starting from the premise that Islamic law is based on a complete system
> of morality and that it can be a rich source of knowledge towards providing
> a moral context for information, as well as information ethics from a legal
> perspective, we invite manuscripts dealing with the different aspect of
> Islamic ethics, and specifically related to the philosophy of information
> and information ethics. The purpose of this special edition of the
> International Review of Information Ethics is to share the Is-lamic
> perspective on information ethics in order to stimulate new ways of
> thinking that extends the field of Islamic ethics to the development of a
> global body of applicable theories and practices.
>
> Research topics may be theoretical or applied, philosophical-theological,
> or sociological. Areas of research relevant to this issue include (but are
> not limited to):
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>    - Digital global citizenship
>    - Comparative philosophies
>    - Islamic information ethics as per Capurro's Trliemma, Luciano
>    Floridi, and others
>    - Islamic Epistemic Foundations of Ethics
>    - Comparative religious and none religious perspectives
>    - The ethical system of Islam in resolving information ethics dilemmas
>    - The Information society from an Islamic perspective
>    - Islamic ethics and emerging technologies
>    - Artificial intelligence and Islamic ethics
>
>
> *Guest Editors:*
>
> Salam Abdallah, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates, Email:
> salam.abdallah at adu.ac.ae <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/salam.abdallah@adu.ac.ae>
>
> Jared Bielby, MA/MLIS, Co-chair, ICIE; University of Alberta, Canada,
> Email:bielby at ualberta.ca <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/bielby@ualberta.ca>
>
> Mahmood Sangari, PhD candidate, Department of Information Sciences and
> Knowledge Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Kharazmi
> University, Tehran, Iran, Email: msangary at gmail.com
> <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/msangary@gmail.com>
>
> Mahmood Khosrowjerdi, editor of Infropreneurship, PhD candidate,
> Philosophy of Information at Oslo and Akershus Universities, Email:
> mkhosro at gmail.com <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/mkhosro@gmail.com>
>
> For further information, especially on how to submit a paper, please refer
> to: *Information Ethics from an Islamic Perspective - Call for Papers* cfp-pdf-fulltext
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> <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/CFPs/cfp-IRIE-25-islamic-infoethics-2016.pdf> (right
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