The Impact Of The Internet On Our Moral Lives
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: April 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780791463468
Subjects: Impact of science & technology on society; Internet - General; Computers; Computer - Internet; Computer Books: Internet General; Moral and ethcal aspects; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Social Aspects - General; Internet
First sentence: DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, while working to design a new kind of antiaircraft cannon, mathematician Norbert Wiener and several of his colleagues developed a new branch of applied science-the science of information feedback systems-that Wiener named "cybernetics."
Description: "Investigating the impact of the Internet from multiple philosophical perspectives, this book explores issues the Internet poses for our sense of privacy, sensitivity to wrongdoing, and our cultural and personal identity."--Jacket.