TY - BOOK AU - Baase,Sara TI - A gift of fire: social, legal, and ethical issues for computing technology T2 - Always learning SN - 9780273768593 AV - QA76.C66 .B33 2013 U1 - 303.48/34 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Computers KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Internet KW - fast KW - Rechtsmissbrauch KW - gnd KW - Soziale Funktion KW - Ethik KW - Computerkriminalität KW - Datentechnik KW - Soziologie KW - Computer KW - Moral KW - Soziale Situation KW - Einführung KW - gnd-content N2 - A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large ER -