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Computers, Ethics, and Society M. David Ermann

Computers, Ethics, and Society By M. David Ermann

Computers, Ethics, and Society by M. David Ermann


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Offers an 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.

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Computers, Ethics, and Society Summary

Computers, Ethics, and Society by M. David Ermann

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.

Table of Contents

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

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CIN0195143027G
9780195143027
0195143027
Computers, Ethics, and Society by M. David Ermann
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press Inc
20021114
256
N/A
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