Invoking politics and ethics in the design of information technology: Undesigning the design

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Brigham, Martin ^a   Introna, Lucas D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Ethics; Information technology; Justice; Levinas; Other; Politics; Undesigning

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; JUSTICE; LEVINAS; OTHER; POLITICS; UNDESIGNING;

DESIGN; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33847646417     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-9131-1     Document Type: Editorial

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