Ethics of Computer Games

Name: Ethics of Computer Games
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ISBN: 9780262516624

ISBN-10: 0262516624

ISBN-13: 9780262516624

Edition: 2009

Authors: Miguel Sicart

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Despite the emergence of computer games as a dominant cultural industry (and the accompanying emergence of computer games as the subject of scholarly research), we know little or nothing about the ethics of computer games. Considerations of the morality of computer games seldom go beyond intermittent portrayals of them in the mass media as training devices for teenage serial killers. In this first scholarly exploration of the subject, Miguel Sicart addresses broader issues about the ethics of games, the ethics of playing the games, and the ethical responsibilities of game designers. He argues that computer games are ethical objects, that computer game players are ethical agents, and that…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/23/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792