> Civilization was very different centuries ago, but people were not. Very different civilizations imply very different ethical questions that are relevant. I

> Civilization was very different centuries ago, but people were not. Very different civilizations imply very different ethical questions that are relevant. I just say that the global (network) interconnectness brought a huge plethora of new ethical questions that were never relevant in the past - exactly because they were science-fiction at that time. That is why I mentioned science-fiction literature as far more relevant further above in the thread.