Computer Ethics

A Case-based Approach

Robert N. Barger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-88251-4 (ISBN)

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Based on over 20 years of teaching experience, this undergraduate textbook explains the steps involved in making ethical computing decisions. It does this using a worksheet format that can be used by students as a handy guide to analysing computing dilemmas. Supportive review questions, summaries and case studies are included.

Teaches students how to solve ethical dilemmas in the field of computing, taking a philosophical, rather than a legal, approach to the topic. It first examines the principles of Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, and Philosophical Analysis, explaining how each of them might be adopted as a basis for solving computing dilemmas. The book then presents a worksheet of key questions to be used in solving dilemmas. Twenty-nine cases, drawn from the real-life experiences of computer professionals, are included in the book as a means to let students experiment with solving ethical dilemmas and identify the philosophical underpinnings of the solutions.

Robert N. Barger is an Associate Professor in the Computer Applications Program at the University of Notre Dame and Professor Emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, where he received several awards for teaching excellence. He has spent the last thirty-six years teaching and writing on computer ethics and educational issues.

1. Introduction; 2. The computer as a humanizing agent; 3. Philosophic belief systems; 4. A philosophic inventory; 5. The possibility of a unified ethical theory; 6. The ethical decision making process; 7. Psychology and computer ethics; 8. The computing field as a profession; 9. Computer-related codes of ethics; 10. Computer ethics and international development; 11. Robotics and ethics; 12. Theft and piracy concerns; 13. Cases concerning theft and piracy; 14. Privacy concerns; 15. Cases concerning privacy; 16. Power concerns; 17. Cases concerning power; 18. A miscellaneous collection of cases; 19. Parasitic computing case; Appendix. Topics for presentations, discussions, and papers.

Zusatzinfo	9 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► IT-Recht
ISBN-10	0-521-88251-6 / 0521882516
ISBN-13	978-0-521-88251-4 / 9780521882514
Zustand	Neuware