Morality and Machines: Perspectives on Computer Ethics, Second Edition

  • 11h 19m
  • Stacey L. Edgar
  • Jones and Bartlett Learning
  • 2003

Morality and Machines, Second Edition examines the moral issues that emerge from the influence of computers and technology on society today. The text provides an ethical foundation upon which readers can develop informed opinions about software piracy, computer crimes, artificial intelligence, and more. With in-depth analysis of current moral and social problems, this text is an ideal resource for readers interested in philosophy, technological sciences, and computer ethics.

Ethical Essentials:

  • Ethical Decision Making
  • Is Ethics Possible?
  • The Search for a Basis for Ethics
  • Software Piracy, Property, and Protection
  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Intruders and Viruses
  • Privacy
  • Errors and Reliability
  • The Computer World of Work
  • Responsibility, Liability, and Professional Ethics
  • Computers, the Government, and the Military
  • The Artificial Intelligentsia and Virtual Worlds

Features:

  • Real-world examples appear throughout the text, stimulating discussion of these important topics
  • Thought-provoking essay questions are included with each chapter
  • Readers are carefully guided through such topics as computer viruses, computer privacy, errors and reliability, computers in the working world, and more

In this Book

  • Morality and Machines—Perspectives on Computer Ethics, Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • Ethical Decision Making
  • Is Ethics Possible?
  • The Search for a Basis for Ethics
  • Software Piracy, Property, and Protection
  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Intruders, Viruses, and All That
  • Privacy
  • Errors and Reliability
  • The Computer World Of Work
  • Responsibility, Liability, Law, and Professional Ethics
  • Computers, the Government, and the Military
  • The Artificial Intelligensia and Virtual Worlds
  • Bibliography
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