Computers, Ethics and Social Values

by Johnson, Deborah G.; Nissenbaum, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780131031104
• ISBN10: 0131031104
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-02-03
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A comprehensive anthology of readings on computers and ethical issues surrounding their use. Can be used as a core book or supplemental readings in Computer Ethics or Computers and Society subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vi
What Is Computer Ethics?	1	(56)
What Is Computer Ethics?	7	(8)
James H. Moor
Coming into the Country	15	(3)
John P. Barlow
Computer Ethics: Responsibility Regained	18	(7)
Donald Gotterbarn
Computer, Ethics, and Social Responsibility	25	(14)
Terry Winograd
Paramedic Ethics for Computer Professionals	39	(18)
W. Robert Collins
Keith W. Miller
Crime, Abuse, and Hacker Ethics	57	(91)
The Computer Worm: A Report to the Provost of Cornell University	60	(29)
Ted Eisenberg
Rogue Computer Programs and Computer Rogues: Tailoring the Punishment to Fit the Crime	89	(26)
Anne W. Branscomb
Are Computer Property Rights Absolute?	115	(5)
A Dialog on Hacking and Security	120	(5)
Dorothy Denning
Frank Drake
Are Computer Hacker Break-Ins Ethical?	125	(10)
Eugene H. Spafford
Computer Virus Legislation	135	(13)
Marc Rotenberg
Ownership of Computer Software	148	(114)
Introduction written
John W. Snapper
Evolution of Case Law on Copyrights and Computer Software Office of Technology Assessment	154	(15)
Moral Foundations of Intellectual Property Rights	169	(12)
Arthur Kuflik
Intellectual Property Protections for Computer Software	181	(9)
John W. Snapper
Why Software Should Be Free	190	(10)
Richard Stallman
Should I Copy My Neighbor's Software?	200	(13)
Helen Nissenbaum
The Software Patent Crisis	213	(6)
Brian Kahin
Tales from the Algorithm War	219	(17)
Richard H. Stern
Lotus Development Corporation v. Paperback Software International and Stephenson Software, Limited United States District Court	236	(17)
D. Massachusetts
How to Interpret the Lotus Decision (and How Not to)	253	(9)
Pamela Samuelson
Privacy and Databases	262	(132)
Lotus Marketplace: Households...Managing Information Privacy Concerns	269	(9)
M. J. Culnan
H. J. Smith
Information Systems in a Democracy	278	(15)
Kenneth Laudon
Public Image	293	(6)
Larry Hunter
The Government Needs Computer Matching to Root Out Waste and Fraud	299	(6)
Richard P. Kusserow
Computer Matching Is a Serious Threat to Individual Rights	305	(5)
John Shattuck
Private Life in Cyberspace	310	(4)
John P. Barlow
Preserving Individual Autonomy in an Information-Orientated Society	314	(18)
James B. Rule
Privacy and the Limits of Law	332	(19)
Ruth Gavison
Why Privacy Is Important	351	(7)
James Rachels
An Economic Theory of Privacy	358	(8)
Richard A. Posner
A New Paradigm for Individuals in the Information Age	366	(8)
David Chaum
A Federal Right of Information Privacy: The Need for Reform	374	(20)
Jerry Berman
Janlori Goldman
The Risks of Computing	394	(76)
Computer System Reliability and Nuclear War	398	(23)
Alan Borning
On Building Systems That Will Fail	421	(11)
Fernando J. Corbato
The Risks of Software	432	(6)
Bev Littlewood
Lorenzo Strigini
Evaluation of Safety-Critical Software	438	(11)
David L. Parnas
From Slide Rule to Computer: Forgetting How It Used to Be Done	449	(7)
Henry Petroski
The Limits of Correctness in Computers	456	(14)
Brian Cantwell Smith
Responsibility, Liability, and Professional Codes	470	(136)
An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents	474	(40)
Nancy G. Leveson
Clark S. Turner
Responsibility and Retribution	514	(12)
H. L. A. Hart
Computing and Accountability	526	(13)
Helen Nissenbaum
Liability for Defective Electronic Information	539	(10)
Pamela Samuelson
On the Impact of the Computer on Society	549	(10)
Joseph Weizenbaum
Professional Ethics	559	(14)
Deborah G. Johnson
Programming and the Public Trust	573	(3)
W. Robert Collins
Keith W. Miller
Codes of Ethics	576	(4)
Michael Martin
Roland Schinzinger
The Quest for a Code of Professional Ethics: An Intellectual and Moral Confusion	580	(6)
John Ladd
Thinking Like an Engineer: The Place of a Code of Ethics in the Practice of a Profession	586	(12)
Michael Davis
ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct	598	(8)
The Networked World	606
The United States vs. Craig Neidorf	609
Dorothy Denning
Global Information Infrastructure	620
Vice President Al Gore
The National Information Infrastructure: A Public Interest Opportunity	628
Gary Chapman
Marc Rotenberg
Civil Liberties in Cyberspace	644
Mitchell Kapor
Battle of the Clipper Chip	651
Steven Levy
Rationales for Freedom of Speech	664
Kent Greenawalt
An Electronic Soapbox: Computer Bulletin Boards and the First Amendment	678
Eric Jensen
The Machine Stops	694
E. M. Forster