quantum_ethics is a human-authored map of normative frameworks for evaluating quantum technologies, their development, and their use. Parameters: scope of quantum capabilities, risk categories, distributional concerns, governance models, and the conceptual boundaries that separate quantum ethics from general technology ethics. It persists via academic literature, policy papers, and institutional review practices that stabilize the map. [formal: ethica quantica | substrate: mind | horizon: generations | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.06]
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quantum_ethics
quantum_ethics is a human-authored map of normative frameworks for evaluating quantum technologies, their development, and their use. Parameters: scope of quantum capabilities, risk categories, distributional concerns, governance models, a…
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- quantum_ethicsen · CANONICAL
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Quantum ethics is a branch of ethics concerned with moral questions arising from quantum technology. It needs ethics as its conceptual foundation — remove ethics and quantum ethics ceases to be a meaningful discipline.
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Quantum ethics is a specific kind of ethics focused on moral considerations arising from quantum technologies and their societal impact. A competent speaker would call it 'a kind of ethics.' Direction is specific→general per Law 9.
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Quantum ethics emerged as an ethical framework specifically addressing the implications of quantum computing and quantum technologies. Quantum computing existed first as a field and fed into the creation of quantum ethics as a specialized subfield. Per Law 7: quantum computing predates quantum ethics.
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