Online Responsibility: Bad Samaritanism and the Influence of Internet Mediation

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-141

  Polder Verkiel, Saskia E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ability to act; Abraham Biggs; Anonymity; Bad Samaritanism; Bystander effect; Internet mediation; Intuitions; Kitty Genovese; Moral philosophy; Perceived reality; Physical distance; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTUITION; MORALITY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

COMPREHENSION; FAMOUS PERSONS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTUITION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856730958     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9253-z     Document Type: Article

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