Human Rights in an Information Age: A Philosophical Analysis

by Gregory J. Walters

Book Overview

How can we balance new information technology practices with human rights? In Human Rights in an Information Age, Gregory Walters analyses Canadian and global information highway policy and practices regarding the Internet, e-commerce, public health and safety, privacy and security, and information warfare from a philosophical, human rights framework that views freedom and well-being as the necessary conditions of human action. Walters situates the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802085504
• ISBN13: 9780802085504
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher