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Computers, Ethics and Social Values
Deborah G. Johnson, Georgia Tech, School of Public Policy
Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University

ISBN-10: 0131031104
ISBN-13: 9780131031104

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1995
Format: Paper; 656 pp
Published: 02/03/1995

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For college students, computer professionals, policy makers, and other individuals who see the increasing significance of computing and information technologies and are concerned about their effects on social values.

This is a book deals with the ethical and social issues arising from the development and deployment of computers in society. A wide diversity of opinions and perspectives are presented. The text offers a balance between theoretical analysis, and describes real-life cases. It's scope and purpose is to raise interest in and awareness of the issues, and to encourage readers to think about how the power of computer technology may be used to benefit and not to harm, and to raise the quality of life of all members of our society.

  • all major themes are grounded in real-life cases; text contains a number of vivid descriptions of actual cases in which computer technology presented difficult social and ethical challenges.
  • selections represent a diverse array of opinions, encompassing a variety of disciplinary fields including philosophy, law, sociology, technical, and public policy.
  • organized to be used as the primary basis of courses in Computer Ethics, Computing and Society, and Information Technology and Public Policy. This text is sufficiently comprehensive that it will enable those whose primary area of expertise is not in the area of computer ethics to design and teach a course.
  • includes deep and rigorous analyses of major issues. To complement the practical accounts of concrete cases, we have selected related pieces from the philosophical, legal, technical, and sociological literatures that deal with and clarify many of the underlying concepts.
  • provides a special focus on ethical and value implications. Various other texts on social implications of computing are more descriptive, and focus primarily on the ways the technology might shape society. Our text includes a major component that focuses on the ethical or normative consideration of key issues.
  • a lucid and accessible text even for non-experts. We carefully selected readings so that they would be accessible to a wide audience, knowing that courses in computer ethics could draw students in computer science, engineering, philosophy, public policy, sociology, and business management. We also wanted the book to be useful for various levels of college students, from freshmen through graduate students.



1. What is Computer Ethics?


2. Crime, Abuse, and Hacker Ethics.


3. Ownership of Computer Software.


4. Privacy and Databases.


5. Computers and Risk.


6. Liability, Professional Responsibility, and Codes.


Moral Responsibility and Legal Liability.


Professional Responsibility and Codes.


7. The Networked World.

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