Cypherpunk Ethics: Radical Ethics for the Digital Age

ISBN-13: 9781032113593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 126 str.

Patrick D. Anderson

Opis

Cypherpunk Ethics explores the moral worldview of the cypherpunks, a movement that advocates the use of strong digital cryptography — or crypto, for short — to defend individual privacy and promote institutional transparency in the digital age.

Spis treści

1. Introduction;  Privacy for the Weak, Transparency for the Powerful;  Hackers, Cyberpunks, and Cypherpunks;  Toward a Cypherpunk Ethics;  2. Crypto!;  Introduction;  A Brief Introduction to Cryptography;  The Public Key Crypto Revolution;  Digital Crypto as a Convivial Tool;  Conclusion;  3. Cypherpunk Meta-Ethics;  Introduction;  Timothy May’s Crypto Anarchy;  Julian Assange’s Crypto Justice;  Conclusion;  4. Cypherpunk Theories of the State;  Introduction;  Crypto Anarchy and Libertarian Society;  Crypto Justice and the Cybernetic State;  Conclusion;  5. Privacy for the Weak;  Introduction;  Data, Surveillance, Crypto;  Anarchy, Justice, Privacy;  Cryptocurrencies as Anarchist Cash;  Conclusion;  6. Transparency for the Powerful;  Introduction;  Information, Markets, and Information Markets;  WikiLeaks I: Leaks and Conspiracies;  WikiLeaks II: Scientific Journalism;  Conclusion;  7. Information Wants to be Free;  Introduction;  On Censorship;  On “Intellectual Property”;  On Free Software and Open Access;  Conclusion;  8. Conclusion;  A Tale of Two Cryptographers;  Toward a Convivial Future;  References;  Index

O autorze

Patrick D. Anderson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Central State University, USA, and editor-in-chief of the WikiLeaks Bibliography.