AI Ethics Beyond the West: Ubuntu, Confucianism, and Indigenous Frameworks
Ifá balance, Buddhist discernment, ayni reciprocity, and kinship: non-Western frames for AI. You'll see how relational and cosmological ethics challenge rights-based and utilitarian defaults.
Steps
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- Reading· ~11 min
Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are
How the African philosophy of relational personhood challenges individualist AI ethics.
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- Reading· ~10 min
Confucianism, Indigenous Frameworks, and AI Governance
East Asian relational virtue ethics and Indigenous epistemologies as correctives to technocentric AI governance.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
Ubuntu Meets AI Governance
Examine the Ubuntu principle in the specific context of AI data governance.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
What Non-Western Frameworks Add
Map the specific philosophical contributions and challenges of each tradition.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue: Who Decides What's Ethical?
Explore who has the authority to define AI ethics and what frameworks count.
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Whose Ethics Is Universal?
Reflect on the assumptions embedded in your own ethical intuitions about technology.
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