An Assessment of the Uber App’s Normative Practice
This study analyzes a complex case in society, namely, how to distinguish ride-sharing applications, such as Uber, from ordinary taxi enterprises. We conduct a structural analysis of normative practices with distinctions at the following levels: (1) aspects; (2) radical types, genotypes, and phenoty...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2017
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Philosophia reformata
Année: 2017, Volume: 82, Numéro: 2, Pages: 192-215 |
RelBib Classification: | NCE Éthique des affaires VA Philosophie |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
normative practice
enkaptic relationships
Uber
aspects
application-based companies
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Résumé: | This study analyzes a complex case in society, namely, how to distinguish ride-sharing applications, such as Uber, from ordinary taxi enterprises. We conduct a structural analysis of normative practices with distinctions at the following levels: (1) aspects; (2) radical types, genotypes, and phenotypes; (3) part-whole, enkaptic relationships, and interlinkages; and (4) the distinction between qualifying and foundational functions as it is captured in the theory of normative practices. We conclude that the genotype of taxi matchmaking enterprises, of which Uber is an example, represents a novel normativity that could positively serve society and also produce normative challenges, depending on its governance. Therefore, regulators should not dismiss the entire genotype of taxi matchmaking enterprises, but should address the phenotypes that are illegal or that cannot thrive without the illegal behaviors of its users. This conclusion is clear from the structural and directional sides of the practice. |
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ISSN: | 2352-8230 |
Contient: | In: Philosophia reformata
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/23528230-08202006 |