| Information Technology and Moral Philosophy Contributor(s): Van Den Hoven, Jeroen (Editor), Weckert, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521855497 ISBN-13: 9780521855495 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2007016850 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.32" W x 9.25" (1.53 lbs) 428 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book gives an in-depth philosophical analysis of moral problems to which information technology gives rise, for example, problems related to privacy, intellectual property, responsibility, friendship, and trust, with contributions from many of the best-known philosophers writing in the area. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Den Hoven, Jeroen: - John Weckert is a Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He is editor-in-chief of NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale and has published widely in the field of computer ethics.Weckert, John: - Jeroen van den Hoven is Professor of Moral Philosophy at Delft University of Technology. He is editor-in-chief of Ethics and Information Technology, a member of the IST Advisory Group of the European Community in Brussels, scientific director of the 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology in the Netherlands, and co-author, with Dean Cocking, of Evil Online. |