Cyberethics Morality and Law in Cyberspace

(cyberethics) / ISBN : 978-1-61691-996-2
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1

The Internet and Ethical Values

  • Cyberethics and the Law of the Horse
  • Iron Cage or Gateway to Utopia?
  • Ethical Values and the Digital Frontier
  • Postscript on Moral Theory
  • Floridi's Macroethics
  • Normative Principles
  • Discussion Questions
  • Additional Resources
2

Regulating and Governing the Internet

  • A Short History of the Internet
  • The Internet's Current Architecture
  • The World Wide Web
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Gatekeepers and Search Engines
  • Social Networking
  • Social Problems and Social Costs
  • A Bottom-Up Approach: The Power of Code
  • Internet Governance
  • Contested Sovereignty in Cyberspace
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies
  • Additional Resources
3

Free Speech and Content Controls in Cyberspace

  • Speech and Internet Architecture
  • Pornography in Cyberspace
  • Hate Speech and Online Threats
  • Anonymous Speech
  • The Ethics of Blogging
  • Spam as Commercial Free Speech
  • Government Censorship and the Fate of Political Speech
  • Postscript
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies
  • Additional Resources
4

Intellectual Property in Cyberspace

  • Background on Intellectual Property
  • Issues for the Internet and Networking Technologies
  • Postscript
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies
  • Additional Resources
5

Regulating Internet Privacy

  • A Definition and Theory of Privacy
  • Personal Information on the Internet
  • Consumer Privacy on the Internet
  • The United States and the European Union: Divergent Paths to Privacy Protection
  • A Prescription for Privacy?
  • Privacy in the Workplace
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies
  • Additional Resources
6

Securing the Electronic Frontier

  • Vulnerabilities of the Net
  • Cybercrime
  • Antipiracy Architectures
  • Trespass, Unauthorized Access, and Hacktivision
  • Security Measures in Cyberspace
  • The Encryption Controversy: A Public Policy Perspective
  • Encryption Code, Privacy, and Free Speech
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies
  • Additional Resources