Wednesday 27 June 2012

Bynum about Computer Ethics

In 1989 Terrell Ward Bynum developed another broad definition of
computer ethics following a suggestion of Moor in 1985. According to
this view, computer ethics identifies and analyzes the impacts of
information technology on such social and human values as health,
wealth, work, opportunity, freedom, democracy, knowledge, privacy,
security, self-fulfillment, etc. This very broad view of computer ethics
employs applied ethics, sociology of computing, technology assessment,
computer law, and related fields. It employs concepts, theories, and
 methodologies from these and other relevant disciplines. This conception
of computer ethics is motivated by the belief that – eventually – information
technology will profoundly affect everything that human beings hold dear.

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