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| − | The uniqueness debate considers whether information and computer ethics constitutes an new branch of applied ethics or simply worsens already existing ethical problems. The term 'uniqueness' refers to the differentness of ethical problems encountered within the field of information technology from traditional ethics. Uniqueness debate discussions began when Walter Maner Ph.D, proposed in his class at Bowling Green State University that computer ethics generates new and unique problems.<ref name="Cambridge">The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, Cambridge University Press 2010</ref> | + | ([[Topics|back to index]]) |
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| + | The '''uniqueness debate''' considers whether information and computer ethics constitutes an new branch of applied ethics or simply worsens already existing ethical problems. The term 'uniqueness' refers to the differentness of ethical problems encountered within the field of information technology from traditional ethics. Uniqueness debate discussions began when Walter Maner Ph.D, proposed in his class at Bowling Green State University that computer ethics generates new and unique problems.<ref name="Cambridge">The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, Cambridge University Press 2010</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:32, 12 October 2012
The uniqueness debate considers whether information and computer ethics constitutes an new branch of applied ethics or simply worsens already existing ethical problems. The term 'uniqueness' refers to the differentness of ethical problems encountered within the field of information technology from traditional ethics. Uniqueness debate discussions began when Walter Maner Ph.D, proposed in his class at Bowling Green State University that computer ethics generates new and unique problems.[1]
History
Perspectives
“The powers of modern technology create for us a new moral condition by creating novel powers to act; novel powers to act, in turn, disclose new objects of ethical consideration; and, consequently, novel powers to act require ‘novel ethical rules and perhaps even a new ethics.’” [Tavani/Jonas 2002, p. 45]
- ↑ The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, Cambridge University Press 2010
