The state of computer ethics as a philosophical field of inquiry: Some contemporary perspectives, future projections, and current resources

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-108

  Tavani, Herman T ^a  

^a RIVIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual muddles; Cyberethics; Disclosive computer ethics; Global information ethics; Internet ethics; Just consequentialism; Logical malleability; Mainstream computer ethics; Policy vacuums

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMPUTER ETHICS; CONCEPTUAL MUDDLES; CYBERETHICS; GLOBAL INFORMATIONS; JUST CONSEQUENTIALISM; LOGICAL MALLEABILITY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 1842447417     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011889808481     Document Type: Article

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