1- Foundations of Computer & Information Ethics

FOUNDATIONS
OF COMPUTER &
INFORMATION
ETHICS

ETHICS
LIVING WELL MORALITY

COMPUTER ETHICS
◦Appears to involve rules meant to govern the proper use of
computer technologies.
◦Perhaps also involves a techne of using computers and to
understand what you are interacting with.
◦What is techne?

COMPUTER ETHICS
Categories
PRIVACY SECURITY SOCIALIZATION ACCESS

Floridi –Foundations of Information Ethics
Floridi draws a distinction between computer ethics and
information ethics (but then notes they are now merged).
IE focuses on ethical challenges
that arise from the infosphere. How do we define infosphere?
IE just as concerned with epistemology as it is moral behavior.