The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.: Proceedings of the Conference

The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.: Proceedings of the Conference "Information Society: Governance, Ethics and Social Consequences", University of Namur, Belgium, 22 / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0387723803
ISBN-13:
9780387723808
Pub. Date:
06/25/2007
Publisher:
Springer US
ISBN-10:
0387723803
ISBN-13:
9780387723808
Pub. Date:
06/25/2007
Publisher:
Springer US
The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.: Proceedings of the Conference

The Information Society: Innovation, Legitimacy, Ethics and Democracy In Honor of Professor Jacques Berleur s.j.: Proceedings of the Conference "Information Society: Governance, Ethics and Social Consequences", University of Namur, Belgium, 22 / Edition 1

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Overview

This volume honors the professional life of Jacques Berleur. He is known for his extensive work within the IFIP community to expose the nature of the ethical dilemmas of a society increasingly reliant on complex ICT infrastructures, to raise awareness of the social challenges this poses, and to influence action compatible with the ethical values of western democracy.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387723808
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 06/25/2007
Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology , #233
Edition description: 2007
Pages: 306
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Technology and Democracy: Views on The is.- to part I.- Democracy, Technology, and Information Societies.- Democracy, innovation, and the information society.- The Information/Knowledge society as Risk Society : Assessing and Enforcing IT safety and security standards for IT systems : about responsibility of experts and governments.- Ethics and Democracy Into The ICT.- to part II.- From the Ethics of Technology to the Ethics of Knowledge Assessment.- Deliberative democracy : from Rational Discourse to Public Debate.- ICT and Value Sensitive Design.- Governance of is: From Economic Regulation To A New Social Contract.- to part III.- Social Consequence of Information and Communication, Technologies and the European Union : Policy Links.- Economy, Industry, Innovation and Technical Democracy.- When Economics meets Ethics : the Governance of Economic Activities in the Information Society.- The Institutional Dynamics of Sharing Biological Information : Towards Reflexive Governance of the Information Society.- The Internet: New principles of political right, new social contract.- Applied issues: health, profession and education.- to part IV.- Which Major Legal Concerns in future e-Health?.- Embedding Professional Issues within University Degree Courses.- IT, Ethics and Education : Teaching the Teachers (and their Pupils).- For an ethical and democratic governance of the is: lessons from WSIS.- to part V.- Internet Governance : Some Thoughts after the two WSIS.- Governance Challenges: First Lessons from the WSIS — An Ethical and Social Perspective.- General Conclusion.- The Information Society : What Next?.
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