Information technologies and the tragedy of the Good Will

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Floridi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Evil; Globalization; Good Will; Information ethics; Tragedy of the Good Will

Indexed keywords

EVIL; GLOBALIZATION; GOOD WILL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION ETHICS;

AGENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845255571     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-9110-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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