The ethics of cyberspace

• Main Author: Hamelink, Cees J 1940- (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: London Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE 2000(reprinted 2004)
• Subjects: Computers and civilization > Moral and ethical aspects; Information technology > Moral and ethical aspects; Computers > Moral and ethical aspects; Information superhighway > Moral and ethical aspects
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• Physical Description: xi, 207 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780761966685; 9780761966692

In this book, Cees J Hamelink proposes an answer to - how should democratic societies organize cyberspace? - that puts human-rights, rather than profit, at the top of the agenda. He argues that conventional ethical approaches are all seriously flawed. There is a growing volume of moral rules, netiquettes and codes of conduct, but they are of little help in solving the moral dilemmas raised by the new technologies. In this book the author analyzes the inadeqacies of current global governance policies and structures that underpin them, and argues for standards which put justice, human security and freedom first.