Computers, Ethics, and Society
3rd Edition
Published in December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-514302-7 (ISBN)
Description
As computers have become increasingly important in our everyday lives, their potential to strip away our privacy and autonomy increases exponentially. This book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary set of readings on the ethical and social implications of computer technology. Taking into account technical, social, and philosophical issues, the contributors consider topics such as the work-related ramifications of automation, the ethical obligations of computer specialists, and the threats to privacy that come with increased computerization.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514302-7 (9780195143027)
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Previous edition
M.David Ermann
Computers, Ethics and Society
Book
05/1997
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press
€24.75
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Persons
Ermann, M. David (Professor of Sociology, University of Delaware, USA) / Williams, M.B. / Gutierrez, Claudio / Shauf, Michele S. (Professor, Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Content
ETHICAL CONTEXTS ; PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS ; 1. The Best Action Is the One with the Best Consequences ; 2. The Best Action Is the One in Accord with Universal Rules ; 3. The Best Action Is the One that Exercises the Mind's Faculties ; PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ; 4. ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct ; 5. Using the ACM Code ; 6. Can We Find a Single Ethical Code? ; 7. The Morality of Whistle-Blowing ; 8. The Ethics of Systems Design ; 9. Are Hacker Break-ins Ethical? ; 10. Using Computers As Means, Not Ends ; HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS ; 11. Technology Is a Tool of the Powerful ; 12. A History of the Personal Computer ; 13. Informing Ourselves to Death ; 14. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us ; 15. Boolean Logic ; SOCIAL CONTEXTS ; 16. Privacy in a Database Nation ; 17. The GNU Manifesto ; 18. Crossing the Digital Divide ; 19. Gender Bias in Instructional Technology ; 20. Computers and the Work Experience ; 21. Information Technologies and Our Changing Economy ; 22. Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine ; 23. The Case for Collective Violence ; 24. Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism