Global information ethics: The importance of being environmentally earnest

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Floridi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Contractualism; Environmentalism; Globalization; Information ethics; Patients

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONTRACTUALISM; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION ETHICS; PATIENTS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 47349114456     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2007070101     Document Type: Article

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