Edited by M. David Ermann and Michele S. Shauf
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.
Ethical Contexts
Philosophical Ethics
1. John Hospers: The Best Action Is the One with the Best Consequences
2. James Rachels: The Best Action Is the One in Accord with Universal Rules
3. Aristotle: The Best Action Is the One that Exercises the Mind's
Faculties
Professional Ethics
4. Association for Computing Machinery: ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
5. Ronald E. Anderson, Deborah G. Johnson, Donald Gotterbaum, Judith Perrolle: Using the ACM Code
6. Robert N. Barger: Can We Find a Single Ethical Code?
7.
Sissela Bok: The Morality of Whistle-Blowing
8. Batya Friedman and Peter H. Kahn, Jr.: The Ethics of Systems Design
9. Eugene H. Spafford: Are Hacker Break-ins Ethical?
10. Herbert L. Dreyfus and Stuart E. Dreyfus with Tom Athanasion: Using Computers As Means, Not Ends
Historical
and Cultural Contexts
11. Philip Bereano: Technology Is a Tool of the Powerful
12. Robert Pool: A History of the Personal Computer
13. Neil Postman: Informing Ourselves to Death
14. Bill Joy: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
15. Michael Heim: Boolean Logic
Social
Contexts
16. Simson Garfinkel: Privacy in a Database Nation
17. Richard M. Stallman: The GNU Manifesto
18. Jessica Brown: Crossing the Digital Divide
19. Katy Campbell: Gender Bias in Instructional Technology
20. Anthony M. Townsend: Computers and the Work Experience
21.
Martin Camoy: Information Technologies and Our Changing Economy
22. National Research Council: Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine
23. Craig Summers and Eric Markusen: The Case for Collective Violence
24. Dorothy E. Denning: Activism, Hacktivism, and
Cyberterrorism
There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.
M. David Ermann is at University of Delaware. Michele S. Shauf is at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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