Robert N. Barger

Computer Ethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book teaches computer ethics for computer science or philosophy undergraduates. Includes a worksheet of key questions used in solving computing dilemmas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882514
• ISBN-10: 0521882516
• Artikelnr.: 26184249

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.