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Technology and values

Authors: Westra, Laura ; Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This is a collection of essays that looks at issues related to science, technology, public health, economics, the environment, and ethical theory. Includes: Overview : ethical studies about technology -- What is moral philosophy? --...
Year: 1997

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:41

When to Accept a Funds from the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative Program

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A professor of computer science applied for and received a grant from the Strategic Defense Initiative Program (Star Wars) to engage in a software assurance research project of a theoretical nature. The goal was to determine the met...
Year: 1994
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Star%20Wars.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-07-14 16:29

Good Computing Reports for Computer Ethics

Authors: Frey, William ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Abstract: This module present a version of the Social Impact Statement exercise developed by Charles Huff in "Practical Guidance for Teaching the Social Impact Statement (SIS)" from the Proceedings of the 1996 Symposium on Copmputers and the ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://cnx.org/content/m13756/latest/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-12 12:48

In the bubble : Designing in a complex world

Authors: Thackara, John
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: "We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In the Bubble: Design...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-10 15:01

Googling Human Rights Lesson Plan

Authors: Levan Institute Ethics Resource Center, University of Southern California
Publication Type: Teaching Module
Abstract: International companies are expected to play by the legal rules of where they do business. but what if playing by those rules means that companies are helping repressive governments to control or harm their citizens? The question be...
Year: 2011
URL: http://dornsife.usc.edu/googling-human-rights/

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-31 13:49