Perspectives on human ethics in times marked by technology

Abstract

This article considers whether an ethical project remains viable in an age shaped by social acceleration, virtuality, and the expansion of digital technologies. Taking the death of God as a sign of the loss of metaphysical meaning, it examines how datafication, surveillance capitalism, and digital platforms reshape subjectivity, autonomy, and human relationships. It argues that virtuality does not make ethics impossible, but alters its conditions by mediating communication, emotional expression, and the perception of others. From the perspective of philosophical anthropology, the article calls for a renewed awareness of humanity as a species embedded in a living world, while also addressing technology’s social and ecological consequences. It concludes that ethical life cannot be reduced to rules: it requires religion as a source of meaning and transcendence, and freedom as the basis of autonomy, justice, and recognition