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Milestones in the History of Information and Computer Ethics

Page history last edited by Riela Isabel Antonio 15 years, 1 month ago

 

Chapter: Milestones in the History of Information and Computer Ethics

Quote:

By construing every existing entity in the universe as “informational,” with at least a minimal moral worth, Floridi is able to supplement traditional ethical theories and go beyond them by shifting the focus of ones ethical attention away from the actions, characters, and values of human agents toward the “evil” (harm, dissolution, and destruction)—“entropy”—suffered by objects and processes in the infosphere.

 

What I expect to learn:

To know the history of IE and ME

Review:                    

The development of information and computers from the time it was first thought of is overwhelming and at the same time, it is like a tiger you just want to cuddle and get to know because of the benefits it brought to us without hesitations. As said in this subchapter “Compared to many other scholarly disciplines, the field of computer and information ethics is very young. It has existed only since the mid-1940s when Norbert Wiener created it. During the first three decades, it grew very little because Wiener’s insights were far ahead of everyone else’s. In the past 25 years, however, computer and information ethics has grown exponentially in the industrialized world, and today the rest of the world has begun to take notice. As the “information revolution” transforms the world in the coming decades, computer and information ethics will surely grow and flourish as well.” Meaning for living a life of intellect, change is necessary and that change with or with out the benefits will continue to evolve new advantages as well as disadvantages. Knowing how people react, they have this notion that once change occurs and without anything else on hand, they start thinking that it is a bad thing without even considering the facts that may present themselves in the start of the whole process. During those time when information was still underdeveloped and still unreachable for many, we started thinking of ways how to develop the information more and at the same time, we allowed it to develop all on itself because information is like human beings, it breathes and it is bounds to grow.

 

What I learned:

·         History of information and computer ethics

·         Norbert Wiener’s foundation of information ethics

·         Cybermetics

·         The human use of human beings

·         Wiener’s account of a good life

·         The principle of freedom

·         The principle of equality

·         The principle of benevolence

·         The principle of minimum infringement of freedom

·         Wiener’s information ethics methodology

·         Computer ethics developments after Wiener and before manner

·         Walter Maner’s computer ethics initiative

·         Deborah Johnson’s influential text book and the start of the unique debate

Integrative Questions:            

1.    What is cybermetics?

2.    Who is Deborah Johnson?

3.    Who is Walter Manner?

4.    Who is Norbert Wiener?

5.    Explain the four principles mentioned by Wiener.

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