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A further analysis of the ethics of representation in virtual reality: Multi-user environments

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This is a follow-up article toPhilip Brey's ``The ethics of representation andaction in Virtual Reality'' (published in thisjournal in January 1999). Brey's call for moreanalysis of ethical issues of virtual reality(VR) is continued by further analyzing issuesin a specialized domain of VR – namelymulti-user environments. Several elements ofBrey's article are critiqued in order to givemore context and a framework for discussion.Issues surrounding representations ofcharacters in multi-user virtual realities aresurveyed in order to focus attention on theimportance of additional discussion andanalysis of specialized aspects of VR.

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Ford, P.J. A further analysis of the ethics of representation in virtual reality: Multi-user environments. Ethics and Information Technology 3, 113–121 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011846009390

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