Computer and Information Ethics (Contributions to the Study of Computer Science)
Language: English
Published by Greenwood Press, USA and UK, 1997
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- Title
- Computer and Information Ethics (Contributions to the Study of Computer Science)
- Author
- Adeney, Douglas; Weckert, John
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press, USA and UK
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0313293627
- ISBN 13
- 9780313293627
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- Sciences & Tech. Subjects, inc. Maths & Astronomy
Computers and information technology have created numerous options for their users. Individuals, governments, and corporations around the world must decide whether a particular technology or application should be used, how it should be employed, and toward what end. Sometimes such decisions may be based on purely economic or personal considerations. For example, a user might feel more comfortable with a particular word processing software, and a company might decide that a particular spreadsheet package meets all of its needs at a lower cost than competing products. But decisions concerning computer and information technology also involve ethical issues. Companies must determine whether it is an ethically correct objective to save money by replacing workers with technology. Courts and governments must decide whether it is ethical to censor communication on the Internet, or require software developers to have liability for social ills caused by use of their products, or for corporations to collect and sell information about individuals and their habits.
This volume provides a rigorous but accessible philosophical examination of ethical issues related to computers as information processing machines. Special attention is given to questions of intellectual property, censorship, and privacy, for these issues are continually raised in the popular press and are central ethical concerns. But the book also considers ethical worries about image manipulation, virtual reality, the use of expert systems, and the moral status of intelligent machines. Some of the moral questions discussed have not yet arisen in practical situations, but these issues should be examined before they become urgent. While many issues have been omitted, the examinations within the text help show how additional ethical concerns may be approached in the future.
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About the Author
John Weckert is senior lecturer in information technology at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He has an BA from the University of Adelaide, an MA from La Trobe University, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. His main teaching and research interests are in the field of artificial intelligence, especially knowledge-based systems, and computer ethics.
Douglas Adeney is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He has an MA from Monash University and a PhD from the University of St. Andrews. His main teaching and research interests are in moral and political philosophy, and he additionally enjoys teaching in the areas of general metaphysics and logic.
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