Computers, Ethics, and Society / Edition 3

Computers, Ethics, and Society / Edition 3

ISBN-10:
0195143027
ISBN-13:
9780195143027
Pub. Date:
11/14/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195143027
ISBN-13:
9780195143027
Pub. Date:
11/14/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Computers, Ethics, and Society / Edition 3

Computers, Ethics, and Society / Edition 3

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Overview

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 of computer specialists, and the threats to privacy that come with increased computerization.
Thoroughly up-to-date in its coverage, this collection includes articles on specific ethical dilemmas related to contemporary issues and events. Essays new to the third edition cover such topics as cyber-terrorism, the ethics of downloading music from Internet sites, and the question of whether human beings may someday be "replaced" by artificial intelligence and computer technology. An ideal text for sociology, philosophy, and computer science courses, Computers, Ethics, and Society, 3/e, reminds students that although technology has the potential to improve or undermine our quality of life, societal forces ultimately have the power to decide how computers will affect our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195143027
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/14/2002
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.68(d)

Table of Contents

Ethical Contexts
Philosophical Ethics
1. The Best Action Is the One with the Best Consequences, John Hospers
2. The Best Action Is the One in Accord with Universal Rules, James Rachels
3. The Best Action Is the One that Exercises the Mind's Faculties, Aristotle
Professional Ethics
4. ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, Association for Computing Machinery
5. Using the ACM Code, Ronald E. Anderson, Deborah G. Johnson, Donald Gotterbaum, Judith Perrolle
6. Can We Find a Single Ethical Code?, Robert N. Barger
7. The Morality of Whistle-Blowing, Sissela Bok
8. The Ethics of Systems Design, Batya Friedman and Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
9. Are Hacker Break-ins Ethical?, Eugene H. Spafford
10. Using Computers As Means, Not Ends, Herbert L. Dreyfus and Stuart E. Dreyfus with Tom Athanasion
Historical and Cultural Contexts
11. Technology Is a Tool of the Powerful, Philip Bereano
12. A History of the Personal Computer, Robert Pool
13. Informing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
14. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, Bill Joy
15. Boolean Logic, Michael Heim
Social Contexts
16. Privacy in a Database Nation, Simson Garfinkel
17. The GNU Manifesto, Richard M. Stallman
18. Crossing the Digital Divide, Jessica Brown
19. Gender Bias in Instructional Technology, Katy Campbell
20. Computers and the Work Experience, Anthony M. Townsend
21. Information Technologies and Our Changing Economy, Martin Camoy
22. Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine, National Research Council
23. The Case for Collective Violence, Craig Summers and Eric Markusen
24. Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism, Dorothy E. Denning
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