Practical ethics for a technological world / Paul A. Alcorn
- Bib ID:
- 2134059
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Alcorn, Paul A
- Description:
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- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c2001
- xiv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0136601928
- Summary:
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"Practical Ethics for a Technological World can be used either as the textbook for courses of study such as Introduction to Ethics, Ethics and Technology, Computer Ethics, or Technology and Society - or for the individual reader who is simply interested in learning about: how to live ethically; why a given course of action is or is not ethical; how to operate in concert with one's own beliefs and the beliefs of society; and how to be successful in this life - on one's own terms."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. Definition: The Nature of Ethics
- Ch. 2. The Relationship Between Ethics and Technology
- Ch. 3. Why Be Ethical?
- Ch. 4. Technology and the Self State
- Ch. 5. Paradigms and Piffle
- Ch. 6. Technology, Paradigms, and Limitations
- Ch. 7. Modern Behavioral Theorists
- Ch. 8. The Dynamic Systems Model
- Ch. 9. The Systemic Nature of Technology
- Ch. 10. Paradox, Awareness, and Becoming Adept
- Ch. 11. Barriers to Ethical Behavior
- Ch. 12. Roots of Technological Ethics
- Ch. 13. The Nature of Ethical Humanity
- Ch. 14. Religion as a Reflection of Ethical Thought
- Ch. 15. Where Are We Now?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2001
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