Which ethical concept emphasizes defending human dignity by ensuring essential needs and rights, including access to technology for social justice movements?

• A. Privacy and data rights
• B. Digital literacy
• C. Environmental ethics
• D. Social Justice

Answer: (D)

Social Justice centers human dignity by guaranteeing essential needs and rights for all people and by ensuring access to technology as a tool for participation, advocacy, and empowerment in society. It treats access to information, communication, and digital tools as foundational to equality, enabling individuals and communities—especially marginalized groups—to participate in education, work, civic life, and social movements.

Privacy and data rights focus on protecting individuals’ control over their personal information, which is important but narrower in scope. Digital literacy is the ability to use technology, a necessary skill, but it doesn’t by itself address broader questions of equity and rights. Environmental ethics centers duties to the natural world rather than human social rights and access to technology.