This is quite a good post on the three roles in ethics - descriptive, normative, and action - in the context of technology. While the discussion concerns AI ethics, the case study focuses on X/Twitter. "Those content with being partial or full hypocrites can clearly do descriptive and normative AI ethics. However, they will not as easily be able to do action AI ethics, as this is premised on the idea that the ethicist accepts a moral obligation to effect change in line with their knowledge and capacities." This becomes difficult when "our lives are increasingly complicated by regrettable things brought about through our associations with other people or with the social, economic, and political institutions in which we live our lives and make our livings." Video with full transcript. Via Apostolos K.
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