Information technology and moral philosophy.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University, 2008.
- xi, 415p.: ill 23 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Norbert Wiener and the rise of information ethics / Terrell Ward Bynum -- Why we need better ethics for emerging technologies / James H. Moor Information ethics : its nature and scope / Luciano Floridi -- The transformation of the public sphere : political authority, communicative freedom, and Internet publics / James Bohman -- Democracy and the Internet / Cass R. Sunstein -- The social epistemology of blogging / Alvin I. Goldman -- Plural selves and relational identity : intimacy and privacy online / Dean Cocking -- Identity and information technology / Steve Matthews -- Trust, reliance, and the Internet / Philip Pettit -- Esteem, identifiability, and the Internet / Geoffrey Brennan, Philip Pettit -- Culture and global networks : hope for a global ethics? / Charles Ess -- Collective responsibility and information and communication technology / Seumas Miller -- Computers as surrogate agents / Deborah G. Johnson, Thomas M. Powers -- Moral philosophy, information technology, and copyright : the Grokster case / Wendy J. Gordon -- Information technology, privacy, and the protection of personal data / Jeroen van den Hoven -- Embodying values in technology : theory and practice / Mary Flanagan, Daniel C. Howe, Helen Nissenbaum -- Information technology research ethics / Dag Elgesem -- Distributive justice and the value of information : a (broadly) Rawlsian approach / Jeroen van den Hoven, Emma Rooksby.
An international team of philosophers shed light on many of the ethical issues arising from information technology.