Computer Ethics

by Deborah G. Johnson

Book Overview

Written in clear, accessible prose, the Fourth edition of Computer Ethics brings together philosophy, law, and technology. The text provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of a broad range of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130836990
• ISBN13: 9780130836991
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very good

The book arrived quickly and in the condition speficied. No issues, would use this seller again.

Insightful, but expensive!

There aren't a whole lot of books on computer ethics yet, and this is one of the better ones. It's definitely a topic of study that needs more focus in today's world, and if you're interested at all, this is the text to pick up. Johnson does a good job of explaining philosophical theory (no surprise, as she is a philosophy professor) and analyzes many interesting case examples. If you intend to be a computer professional someday, it could be useful to know what you might be getting yourself into. This book will give you some food for thought in the ethics of cutting-edge technology. It is quite well organized and not boring, which is better than I can say for about 95% of the textbooks I've had to read. Johnson takes a strong position on some points of debate that could actually go either way, so you might not always agree with her, but she does provide good reasoning to back up the claims. The big downside of this book is its price- it's ridiculous. This is a short paperback with an intimidatingly small typeset, and no illustrations of any sort. I really don't see why it has to cost so much. Someone is certainly making a killing off it! Is that ethical?

A good overview for the computer professional

This book looks at some of the various issues surrounding computer ethics today. It gives an impetus to practice ethics in Information Technology and how the Internet changes the way we can conduct business transactions.

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this book by D.Johnson is very useful for students taking the ethics course.he clearly explained the ethical issues involved with computers

Concise, profound, and philosophical.

Deborah Johnson is a philospher who thinks deeply about computer ethics. I use this book to teach computer ethics to students who aren't computer scientists or philosophers. Johnson has a useful mix of philosophical principles and technical details. Several "scenarios" (cases) are used to illustrate computer ethics problems. The only reason I rate this as a 9 and not a 10 is that it needs updating; there needs to be more discussion of the web. But even in its present form this book is concise, clever, and profound. I recommend it highly.