This issue's articles attempt to define and delimit the scope of Computer Ethics, and examine several emerging and current concerns within the field. One current concern is responsibility for computer-based errors. The proper limits to extant legal protections, including copyrights, patents, and trade secrecy laws, are called into question. Other emerging concerns include the need to educate the public on the dangers and abuses of computers, and the role of computers in education. To this end, Philip A. Pecorino and Walter Maner present a proposal for a college level course in Computer Ethics, and Marvin J. Croy addresses the ethics of computer-assisted instruction.
Logical malleability assures the enormous application of computer technology.
References to unfamiliar works, and the use of unfamiliar terms occasionally necessitated my reading passages several times before extracting any meaning from them. The topics, however, are quite relevant and their treatment is, for the most part, lively and interesting.