Computer Ethics

A Computer Ethics is a field in applied ethics that deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional conduct and social conduct.

• See: Ethics of Technology, Computer Security, Computer Virus.

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References

• http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/spring06/papers/moor.html

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/computer_ethics Retrieved:2014-6-5.
  • Computer Ethics is a part of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into 3 primary influences: * 1. The individual's own personal code. * 2. Any informal code of ethical conduct that exists in the work place. * 3. Exposure to formal codes of ethics.

1998

• (Moor, 1998) ⇒ James H. Moor. (1998). “Just Consequentialism and Computing.” In: Ethics and Information Technology Journal, 1(1). doi:10.1023/A:1010078828842
  • Computer and information ethics, as well as other fields of applied ethics, need ethical theories which coherently unify deontological and consequentialist aspects of ethical analysis. The proposed theory of just consequentialism emphasizes consequences of policies within the constraints of justice. …

    … A basic job of computer ethics is to identify these policy needs, clarify related conceptual confusions, formulate appropriate new policies, and ethically justify them.

1985

• (Moor, 1985) ⇒ James H. Moor. (1985). “What is Computer Ethics?.” In: Metaphilosophy, 16(4).

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