Philippine E-Journals

CMCS, CMRS AND ETHICAL IDENTITY

Orlando Ali M. Mandane Jr.

 

Abstract:

Computer-Mediated Communications (CMCs) and Computer- Mediated Relationships (CMRs) receive little regard and are taken lightly. Any nickname in a CMC does not consist in revealing a true self; and thus, every relationship that develops out of it is expected to be regarded lightly and is expected to fail.

Borrowing the idea of Charles Taylor, I argue that we can view the problem of identity in CMCs and CMRs in a more profound way. Self-presentation in most CMCs and CMR constitutes the self for the reason that the cyberspace is also a moral space that is premised on the notion that CMC and CMR still requires “respect and obligation for others, understanding what makes a full life, and sense of dignity.”