A gift of fire : social, legal, and ethical issues for computing technology / Sara Baase; internat. Ed. contributions by Atriya Sen.

By: Baase, SaraMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Always learningPublisher: Boston : Pearson, 2013Edition: 4th ed., internat. edDescription: 494 pages : illISBN: 9780273768593; 027376859XSubject(s): Computers -- Social aspects | Computers -- Moral and ethical aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects | Computers -- Moral and ethical aspects | Computers -- Social aspects | Internet -- Moral and ethical aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Rechtsmissbrauch | Soziale Funktion | Ethik | Computerkriminalität | Datentechnik | Soziologie | Computer | Ethik | Internet | Moral | Soziale SituationGenre/Form: Einführung.DDC classification: 303.48/34 LOC classification: QA76.C66 | .B33 2013Other classification: SR 850 | AP 15943 Summary: 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.
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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.

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