Morality, Ethics and Computers
Date Submitted: 10/19/2004 05:07:27
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 6 pages (1639 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 6 pages (1639 words)
There are many different sides to the discussion on moral and ethical uses of computers. In many situations, the morality of a particular use of a computer is up to the individual to decide. For this reason, absolute laws about ethical computer usage is almost, but not entirely, impossible to define.
The introduction of computers into the workplace has introduced many questions as well: Should employers make sure the workplace is designed to minimize health …
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…instances in which people have, without a doubt, acted immorally and unethically.
1 Timothy O'Conner, "Computers Creating Ethical Dilemmas," USA Today Magazine
(September 1995) 7
2 Max Frankel, "Cyberrights," The New York Times Magazine (February 12, 1995) 26
3 O'Conner 7
4 James Coates, "Unabomber Case Underscores an On-Line Evil," Chicago Tribune (April
14, 1996) 5
5 Coates 5
6 O'Conner 7
7 Tom Forester, Computers in the Human Context (Cambridge: The MIT Press,1989) 403
8 Stephen A. Booht, "Doom Virus," Popular Mechanics (June 1995) 51
9 Philip Albinus, "Have You Seen This PC?," Home Office Computing (February 1996)
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