Understanding Digital Ethics

<P>Rapid changes in technology and the growing use of electronic media signal a need for understanding both clear and subtle ethical and social implications of the digital, and of specific digital technologies. <I>Understanding Digital Ethics: Cases and Contexts </I>is the first book to offer a philosophically grounded examination of digital ethics and its moral implications. Divided into three clear parts, the authors discuss and explain the following key topics:</P><P></P><P>• Becoming literate in digital ethics</P><P>• Moral viewpoints in digital contexts</P><P>• Motivating action in digital ethics</P><P>• Speed and scope of digital information</P><P>• Moral algorithms and ethical machines</P><P>• The digital and the human</P><P>• Digital relations and empathy machines</P><P>• Agents, autonomy, and action</P><P>• Digital and ethical activism.</P><P></P><P>The book includes cases and examples that explore the ethical implications of digital hardware and software including videogames, social media platforms, autonomous vehicles, robots, voice-enabled personal assistants, smartphones, artificially intelligent chatbots, military drones, and more.</P><P></P><I><P>Understanding Digital Ethics </I>is essential reading for students and scholars of philosophical ethics, those working on topics related to digital technology and digital/moral literacy, and practitioners in related fields.</P><P></P>