Computers, Ethics, and Society

Name: Computers, Ethics, and Society
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ISBN: 9780195143027

ISBN-10: 0195143027

ISBN-13: 9780195143027

Edition: 3rd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: M. David Ermann, Michele S. Shauf

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In today's world, computers can have complex and contradictory effects on human life. They can enhance our quality of life by creating access to previously unimagined worlds. On the other hand, as computers become increasingly important in our everyday lives, their potential to strip away our privacy and autonomy increases exponentially. Computers, Ethics, and Society, now in its third edition, offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary set of readings on the ethical and social implications of computer technology. Taking into account technological, social, and philosophical issues, the contributors consider topics such as the work-related ramifications of automation, the ethical obligations…

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List price: $49.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



Ethical Contexts


Philosophical Ethics



The Best Action Is the One with the Best Consequences




The Best Action Is the One in Accord with Universal Rules




The Best Action Is the One That Exercises the Mind's Faculties



Professional Ethics



ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct



Using the ACM Code




Can We Find a Single Ethical Code?




The Morality of Whistle-Blowing




The Ethics of Systems Design




Are Hacker Break-ins Ethical?




Using Computers as Means, Not Ends




Historical and Cultural Contexts



Technology Is a Tool of the Powerful




A History of the Personal Computer




Informing Ourselves to Death




Why the Future Doesn't Need Us




Boolean Logic




Social Contexts



Privacy in a Database Nation




The GNU Manifesto




Crossing the Digital Divide




Gender Bias in Instructional Technology




Computers and the Work Experience




Information Technologies and Our Changing Economy




Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine




The Case for Collective Violence




Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism