Real wrongs in virtual communities

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Powers, Thomas M ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Austin; LambdaMOO; Moral realism; Rawls; Speech act theory; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUSTIN; LAMBDAMOO; MORAL REALISM; RAWLS; SPEECH ACT THEORY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 33745208625     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ETIN.0000017737.56971.20     Document Type: Article

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