Morality And Machines: Perspectives On Computer Ethics

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Intended for science and technology students, philosophy students interested in applied ethics, and others who must deal with computers and the impact they have on our society. Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 18 Part One: Ethical Foundations......Page 28 1 Ethical Decision Making......Page 30 2 Is Ethics Possible?......Page 50 3 The Search for a Basis for Ethics......Page 72 Part Two: Ethics Applied to a Computerized World......Page 114 4 Software Piracy, Property, and Protection......Page 116 5 Computer Crime......Page 184 6 Computer Intruders, Viruses, and All That......Page 218 7 Privacy......Page 270 8 Errors and Reliability......Page 310 9 The Computer World Of Work......Page 340 10 Responsibility, Liability, Law, and Professional Ethics......Page 392 11 Computers, the Government, and the Military......Page 416 12 The Artificial Intelligensia and Virtual Worlds......Page 460 Appendix A......Page 494 Appendix B......Page 502 Appendix C......Page 512 Bibliography......Page 514 Index......Page 524