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Ethics of technology needs more political philosophy

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Incorporating considerations of reasonable pluralism, individual agency, and legitimate authority.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 63, Issue 1
      January 2020
      90 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3377354
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