Internet Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780333776261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 257 str.

Duncan Langford

Opis

Internet Ethics offers a comprehensive look at the difficult issues facing internet users today. Covering sensitive topics such as censorship, data protection and the law, experts from the USA, Australia and Europe have contributed to this fully integrated book. Views of other societies are also crucial to successful Internet use, and so additional comment on the contents of the book is provided from a global selection of specialists, from countries ranging from Botswana to Japan.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction and Overview; D.Langford.- Internet Technology; D.Beckett.- What is New or Unique About Internet Activities; J.Weckert.- Privacy and Security; H.Tavani.- Law and the Internet; J.Mawhood & D.Tysver.- The Internet and Varieties of Moral Wrongdoing; J.van den Hoven.- Information Integrity; R.Spinello.- Democratic Values and the Internet; D.Johnson.- Computer Professionals and YOUR Responsibilities; D.Gotterbarn.- D.Langford.- Appendix 1 : Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms.- Appendix 2 : Internet Use and the Data Protection Act 1998.- Bibliography.

O autorze

DUNCAN LANGFORD is a principal lecturer at University of Kent. He is the author of several Computer Ethics textbooks and papers and an acknowledged expert in the field.