Information technology and moral philosophy /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:xi, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7469143
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Other authors / contributors:Hoven, Jeroen van den.
Weckert, John.
Sunstein, Cass R.
ISBN:9780521855495 (hardback)
0521855497 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-399) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Norbert Wiener and the Rise of Information Ethics
  • 2. Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies
  • 3. Information Ethics: Its Nature and Scope
  • 4. The Transformation of the Public Sphere: Political Authority, Communicative Freedom, and Internet Publics
  • 5. Democracy and the Internet
  • 6. The Social Epistemology of Blogging
  • 7. Plural Selves and Relational Identity: Intimacy and Privacy Online
  • 8. Identity and Information Technology
  • 9. Trust, Reliance, and the Internet
  • 10. Esteem, Identifiability, and the Internet
  • 11. Culture and Global Networks: Hope for a Global Ethics?
  • 12. Collective Responsibility and Information and Communication Technology
  • 13. Computers as Surrogate Agents
  • 14. Moral Philosophy, Information Technology, and Copyright: The Grokster Case
  • 15. Information Technology, Privacy, and the Protection of Personal Data
  • 16. Embodying Values in Technology: Theory and Practice
  • 17. Information Technology Research Ethics
  • 18. Distributive Justice and the Value of Information: A (Broadly) Rawlsian Approach
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index