Cittadinanza digitale e valori della persona umana

The goal of this essay, entitled “The digital citizenship and the values of the human person”, is to investigate how it is possible to design an open and aware digital citizenship suitable for protecting the fundamental values and rights of the human person through the following six points: 1) the meaning of digital citizenship; 2) the principles of the digital society in the forecasts of the European Union; the construction of a sense of belonging through the network; 3) digital rights for citizens or for people?; 4) need to separate Christian principles from Christian values: life, the protection of the human person, witness to the truth as “Christian” and civil values; 5) the negative aspects of the digital society; 6) digital society and human rights in the Church and in religions.