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For Introduction to Ethics and Computer Ethics courses.

Designed to fill the need for a diverse classroom-based approach to computer ethics, this anthology of essays presents thought-provoking perspectives on the proliferation of computers in our lives. Topics range from privacy, copyright, and computer crime issues to the global impact of computers, online communities, and virtual reality. Essays are contributed and compiled by experts in a variety of disciplines. The breadth of scope allows students to begin to understand and evaluate the social and ethical issues raised by computer technologies.

This new anthology in the burgeoning field of computer and information technology ethics offers a broad-based approach. The text is accessible enough for first-year students, while the selections are rich enough for use in specialized upper-division courses.

The readings address subjects including the global impact of computers, on-line communities, and virtual reality. Selections analyze topics ranging from privacy, copyright and professionalism to computer crime.

The texts included in this book are by women and men of many nations and diverse perspectives. The writers include ethicists, lawyers and engineers, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, social scientists, and literary figures.

• a multi-national flavor, appropriate to the global nature of computer technologies.
• student-centered introductions to each section and article.
• article-based introductions to the philosophy of technology in general, with particular attention to computer ethics.
• samples of practical guidelines and codes of conduct from different types of private, professional, and government institutions.
• a large selection of further resources listed both in section bibliographies and in the appendices.