A GIFT OF FIRE Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology

• Main Author: Baase, Sara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harlow, England Pearson Education Limited 2013; ©2013
• Edition: FOURTH EDITION
• Subjects: Computers > Social Aspect; Computers > Moral And Ethical Aspect; Internet > Social Aspect; Internet > Moral And Ethical Aspect
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• Physical Description: 494 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780273768593; 027376859X

A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, 4e is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understa