Today’s unprecedented power of computing and AI makes technology’s impact on society an essential area of ethical inquiry. This book investigates the relationship between technology and nature, ownership of technology, AI’s replacement of human functions, privacy and cybersecurity, and the ethics of self-driving cars and drone warfare.
Today’s unprecedented power of computing and AI makes technology’s impact on society an essential area of ethical inquiry. This book investigates the relationship between technology and nature, ownership of technology, AI’s replacement of human functions, privacy and cybersecurity, and the ethics of self-driving cars and drone warfare.
Michael Boylan is professor of philosophy at Marymount University. He received his PhD at The University of Chicago. He has written extensively on ethical issues-both in theory and practice. His 2004 monograph, A Just Society was published by Rowman & Littlefield. Wanda Teays is professor emerita at Mount Saint Mary's University in Los Angeles. She has an M.A. in Phi of Math ( University of Alberta), an MTS (Harvard), and PhD in Humanities (Concordia, Montreal). She has books and articles in the fields of applied ethics, critical thinking, ethics & film, human rights, torture, and bioethics-including Global Bioethics and Human Rights published by Rowman & Littlefield.
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Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Section 1: Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, and Professional Ethics Michael Boylan, "Ethical Reasoning"Michael Boylan, "'Nature' as a Background Condition"Section 2: Humans and Machines: A New Ethical Paradigm? Morgan Luck and Stephen Clarke, "Transformative Technologies, the Status Quo and (Religious) Institutions"Felicia Nimue Ackerman, "Transhumanism: Is this a Step Forward?"Mark Vopat, "A.I. and Human Rights: Present and Future Moral Challenges"PART TWO: APPLICATIONS Section 1: The Practical Scope of TechnologyEthics David E. McClean, "Is There a Need for a New, a Technology, Ethic?"Marvin T. Brown, "Technology, Environmentalism, and American Prosperity"Section 2: The Ownership of Technology and Technology Transfer David Koepsell, "Ownership of Information Technology"Luciano Floridi, "The Fight for Digital Sovereignty"Section 3: Information Technology and Social Media Dean Cocking and Jeroen van den Hoven, "The Moral Fog of Social Media"Dean Cocking and Brigid Evans, "Becoming Good and Growing up Online"Edward H. Spence, "The Privacy Paradox"PART THREE: CHALLENGES Section 1: AI and its Applications Rita Manning,"AI in Health Care: Ethical Issues"Jens Kipper, "The Ethics of Self-vDriving Cars"Sven Nyholm, "Moral Dilemmas of Self-Driving Cars" Section 2: Cybersecurity Seumas Miller, "AI and Criminal Justice: Individual Autonomy, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility"Rosalie Waelen and Philip Brey, "Ethical Dimensions of Facial Recognition and Video Analytics in Surveillance"Karsten Weber and Nadine Kleine, "Cybersecurity in Health Care"Section 3: Technology and War Wanda Teays "The Ethics of Drone Killings and Assassinations"Shannon E. French, "War and Technology: Should Data Decide Who Lives, Who Dies?" Appendix: Films and Documentaries on Technology Ethics
Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Section 1: Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, and Professional Ethics Michael Boylan, "Ethical Reasoning"Michael Boylan, "'Nature' as a Background Condition"Section 2: Humans and Machines: A New Ethical Paradigm? Morgan Luck and Stephen Clarke, "Transformative Technologies, the Status Quo and (Religious) Institutions"Felicia Nimue Ackerman, "Transhumanism: Is this a Step Forward?"Mark Vopat, "A.I. and Human Rights: Present and Future Moral Challenges"PART TWO: APPLICATIONS Section 1: The Practical Scope of TechnologyEthics David E. McClean, "Is There a Need for a New, a Technology, Ethic?"Marvin T. Brown, "Technology, Environmentalism, and American Prosperity"Section 2: The Ownership of Technology and Technology Transfer David Koepsell, "Ownership of Information Technology"Luciano Floridi, "The Fight for Digital Sovereignty"Section 3: Information Technology and Social Media Dean Cocking and Jeroen van den Hoven, "The Moral Fog of Social Media"Dean Cocking and Brigid Evans, "Becoming Good and Growing up Online"Edward H. Spence, "The Privacy Paradox"PART THREE: CHALLENGES Section 1: AI and its Applications Rita Manning,"AI in Health Care: Ethical Issues"Jens Kipper, "The Ethics of Self-vDriving Cars"Sven Nyholm, "Moral Dilemmas of Self-Driving Cars" Section 2: Cybersecurity Seumas Miller, "AI and Criminal Justice: Individual Autonomy, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility"Rosalie Waelen and Philip Brey, "Ethical Dimensions of Facial Recognition and Video Analytics in Surveillance"Karsten Weber and Nadine Kleine, "Cybersecurity in Health Care"Section 3: Technology and War Wanda Teays "The Ethics of Drone Killings and Assassinations"Shannon E. French, "War and Technology: Should Data Decide Who Lives, Who Dies?" Appendix: Films and Documentaries on Technology Ethics
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