Internet Ethics offers a comprehensive look at difficult issues facing internet users today. Covering sensitive topics such as censorship, data protection and the law, experts from the US, Australia and Europe have contributed to this fully integrated book. Views of other societies are also crucial to successful Internet use, and so additional comment on the contents of the book is provided from a global selection of specialists, from countries ranging from Botswana to Japan.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction and overview (Duncan Langford)
2. Internet echnology (David Beckett)
3. What is new or unique about Internet activities (John Weckert)
4. Privacy and security (Herman T. Tavani)
5. Law and the Internet (John Mawhood, Daniel Tysver)
6. The Internet and varieties of moral wrongdoing (Jeroen van den Hoven)
7. Information integrity (Richard A. Spinello)
8. Democratic values and the Internet (Deborah G. Johnson)
9. Computer professionals and YOUR responsibilities (Donald Gotterbarn)
10. Conclusions (Duncan Langford)
APPENDIX 1: Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
APPENDIX 2: Internet use and the Data Protection Act 1998 (C. N. Pounder)
Bibliography
Index