There's something about Mary: The moral value of things qua information objects

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-159

  Himma, Kenneth Einar ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Foundations of information ethics; Information objects; Intrinsic value; Moral standing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ETHICS; INFORMATION ETHICS; INFORMATION OBJECT; INTRINSIC VALUE; MORAL STANDING;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33947409726     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-004-3804-4     Document Type: Article

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