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Ethics and Second-Order Cybernetics
EthicsandSecond-OrderCyberneticsHeinzvon Foerster1991 LadiesandGentlemen:I amtouchedbythegenerosityoftheorganizerso fthisconferencewhonotonlyinvitedmeto cometo yourgloriouscityofParis,butalsogave wantedmetoaddressmyselfto EthicsandSecond-OrderCybernetics. To behonest,I wouldhave neverdaredtoproposesuchanoutrageoustitle ,butI mustsaythatI leftCaliforniaforParis,othersaskedmefull ofenvy, whatamI goingtodoinParis,whatwillI talkabout?WhenI answered IshalltalkaboutEthicsandSecond-OrderCybe rnetics almostallofthemlookedat meinbewildermentandasked, Whatis second -ordercybernetics? asif amrelievedwhenpeopleaskmeaboutsecond-ord ercyberneticsandnotaboutethics,becauseit is mucheasiertotalkaboutsecond-ordercyberne ticsthanit is is , andletmenow saya few wordsaboutcybernetics,andofcourse,thecyb erneticsofcybernetics, , cyberneticsariseswheneffectors(say, a motor, anengine,ourmuscles,etc.)
In the case of the first example, as a result of my independence, I can tell others how to think and act, “Thou shalt...” “Thou shalt not ...”
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