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With the present volume “Games and Ethics”, we editors would like to contribute to the discourse on ethical issues in the context of digital game culture and hopefully provide some new impulses. One of the basic premises of this book is that an increasing amount of time is spent on playing digital games in the everyday life of a likewise increasing number of people.
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‘Excellence’ refers to the highlighting of one's own special abilities in relation to others. Unlike ‘distinction’, ‘excellence’ refers to a separation that requires an other in order to demonstrate one’s own superiority (Klaus and Röser 1996, p. 50, footnote).
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Groen, M., Kiel, N., Tillmann, A., Weßel, A. (2020). Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures—A Multi-Perspective View. In: Groen, M., Kiel, N., Tillmann, A., Weßel, A. (eds) Games and Ethics. Digitale Kultur und Kommunikation, vol 7. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28175-5_1
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