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Title: Computer Ethics (3rd Edition) by Deborah G. Johnson ISBN: 0-13-083699-0 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $38.60 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Painfully boring
Comment: I'm double majoring in Philosophy and Communication, so I thought that this was going to be a great book for my Computer Ethics class. Our assignments consisted of writing responses to each chapter. I was so bored only a few pages in that my responses focused on those pages and completely left out the rest of the chapter.
Having said that, if you don't read any other chapter, read "Chapter 5: Privacy". This chapter is great for debate and is VERY thought provoking. I actually read all of this one. There are so many services that people can go to, where they can access info about you. Is that ethical?
The good and bad thing about ethics in general, is that there usually isn't a right or wrong answer. This can also be a problem in that some people feel very strongly about an issue and refuse to even view it from another's perspective.
Rating: 1
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Comment: This book is painful to read. The writing is clear, but it is so boring and repetitive that I can barely bring myself to pick it up. It seems like a majority of the time she rambles on about issues that aren't even specific to technology, and are, as another reader suggested, common sense. Unfortunately I have to read this book, since I am yet another CS major taking a required course in ethics related to technology. The subject isn't bad, the book is.
Rating: 4
Summary: Insightful, but expensive!
Comment: There aren't a whole lot of books on computer ethics yet, and this is one of the better ones. It's definitely a topic of study that needs more focus in today's world, and if you're interested at all, this is the text to pick up. Johnson does a good job of explaining philosophical theory (no surprise, as she is a philosophy professor) and analyzes many interesting case examples.
If you intend to be a computer professional someday, it could be useful to know what you might be getting yourself into. This book will give you some food for thought in the ethics of cutting-edge technology. It is quite well organized and not boring, which is better than I can say for about 95% of the textbooks I've had to read. Johnson takes a strong position on some points of debate that could actually go either way, so you might not always agree with her, but she does provide good reasoning to back up the claims.
The big downside of this book is its price- it's ridiculous. This is a short paperback with an intimidatingly small typeset, and no illustrations of any sort. I really don't see why it has to cost so much. Someone is certainly making a killing off it! Is that ethical?
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Title: Internet Law and Policy by Janine Hiller, Ronnie Cohen ISBN: 0130334286 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $114.00 |
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Title: CyberEthics by Terry Halbert, Elaine Ingulli ISBN: 0324116640 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 08 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $33.95 |
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Title: Case Studies in Information Technology Ethics (2nd Edition) by Richard A. Spinello ISBN: 0130991503 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 28 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
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Title: Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Concepts, Techniques, Applications by Robert M. Grant ISBN: 0631231366 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $66.95 |
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Title: Strategic Electronic Marketing: Managing E-Business by Brad Alan, Phd Kleindl ISBN: 032417893X Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 25 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $78.95 |
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