Identity Ethics and the Distributed Self in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Moral Rights over the Creation, Observation, Prediction, and Manipulation of Identity
Artificial intelligence is transforming identity from something primarily embodied and relational into a distributed digital construct that can be observed, predicted, synthesized, and manipulated. This whitepaper argues that traditional privacy and property frameworks are insufficient for addressing these developments. Instead, it proposes a structured account of qualified moral rights grounded in autonomy, dignity, fairness, digital integrity, and informational self-determination while examining deepfakes, biometric surveillance, predictive profiling, and identity governance.