[IxDA Discuss] Ethical Issues for Interaction Designers

[Olly Wright]

On 3 Aug 2007, at 15:52, Robert Reimann wrote:

> "EP is not yet solidly grounded in strong theory. As such, I'm not  
> sure I would yet consider it as a basis of design thinking (it  
> remains for me an interesting field to monitor, however). I'd also  
> worry a bit about designers (or any non-expert) generating lay  
> interpretations of EP theory"
>
> In the meantime, how do we approach the problem?

Agreed for the most part. There are a couple of well established  
areas of evolutionary psychology where I think it's possible to start  
looking at design applications (albeit with caution). But for the  
most part there is still a huge amount of work to do, especially when  
it comes to coming up with a complete new foundation for the social  
sciences!

In the mean time there is also plenty of good material to look for  
inspiration from in the areas of business ethics and ethics of user  
experience.

Olly Wright