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# Theoretical Distinctions Positioning in the field of ethics ## Supplement, not Replacement Path ethics is not competition with classical ethical traditions. It is structural supplementation. | Ethical Tradition | Addresses | Path Ethics Supplements | | --- | --- | --- | ### What path ethics does not replace: - Subjective suffering remains morally relevant (Utilitarianism) - Personal dignity remains categorical (Deontology) - Emotional care remains valuable (Care Ethics) ### What path ethics addresses that others do not capture: - Emergent infrastructures (Internet, financial systems) - Distributed AI systems (no single agent) - Ecosystems (no persons, no aggregable suffering) - Hybrid human-machine systems Path ethics is an **additional lens**, not a new religion. ## undefined ## undefined ## undefined ## undefined ## Civic Care Ethics vs. Path Ethics **Care Ethics** (Joan Tronto et al.) emphasizes the relational nature of human existence. Path ethics shares this relational approach but radicalizes it: It decouples "care" from individual human emotion (Structural Care). ## Information Ethics (Floridi) Luciano Floridi's information ethics is "ontocentric" (data = intrinsic value). Path ethics is **processual**: Not the datum itself counts, but the active path of information flow. ## Actor-Network Theory (ANT) ANT describes networks descriptively. Path ethics is decidedly **normative**: We evaluate networks according to the A-A-P framework.