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This book provides a wide and deep perspective on the ethical
issues raised by pervasive information and communication technology
(PICT) - small, powerful, and often inexpensive Internet-connected
computing devices and systems. It describes complex and unfamiliar
technologies and their implications, including the transformative
potential of augmented reality, the power of location-linked
information, and the uses of "big data," and explains potential
threats, including privacy invaded, security violated, and
independence compromised, often through widespread and lucrative
manipulation. PICT is changing how we live, providing
entertainment, useful tools, and life-saving systems. But the very
smartphones that connect us to each other and to unlimited
knowledge also provide a stream of data to systems that can be used
for targeted advertising or police surveillance. Paradoxically,
PICT expands our personal horizons while weaving a web that may
ensnare whole communities. Chapters describe particular cases of
PICT gone wrong, but also highlight its general utility. Every
chapter includes ethical analysis and guidance, both specific and
general. Topics are as focused as the Stuxnet worm and as broad as
the innumerable ways new technologies are transforming medical
care. Written for a broad audience and suitable for classes in
emerging technologies, the book is an example of anticipatory
ethics - "ethical analysis aimed at influencing the development of
new technologies" (Deborah Johnson 2010). The growth of PICT is
outpacing the development of regulations and laws to protect
individuals, organizations, and nations from unintended harm and
malicious havoc. This book alerts users to some of the hazards of
PICT; encourages designers, developers, and merchants of PICT to
take seriously their ethical responsibilities - if only to "do no
harm" - before their products go public; and introduces citizens
and policy makers to challenges and opportunities that must not be
ignored.
This book provides a wide and deep perspective on the ethical
issues raised by pervasive information and communication technology
(PICT) - small, powerful, and often inexpensive Internet-connected
computing devices and systems. It describes complex and unfamiliar
technologies and their implications, including the transformative
potential of augmented reality, the power of location-linked
information, and the uses of "big data," and explains potential
threats, including privacy invaded, security violated, and
independence compromised, often through widespread and lucrative
manipulation. PICT is changing how we live, providing
entertainment, useful tools, and life-saving systems. But the very
smartphones that connect us to each other and to unlimited
knowledge also provide a stream of data to systems that can be used
for targeted advertising or police surveillance. Paradoxically,
PICT expands our personal horizons while weaving a web that may
ensnare whole communities. Chapters describe particular cases of
PICT gone wrong, but also highlight its general utility. Every
chapter includes ethical analysis and guidance, both specific and
general. Topics are as focused as the Stuxnet worm and as broad as
the innumerable ways new technologies are transforming medical
care. Written for a broad audience and suitable for classes in
emerging technologies, the book is an example of anticipatory
ethics - "ethical analysis aimed at influencing the development of
new technologies" (Deborah Johnson 2010). The growth of PICT is
outpacing the development of regulations and laws to protect
individuals, organizations, and nations from unintended harm and
malicious havoc. This book alerts users to some of the hazards of
PICT; encourages designers, developers, and merchants of PICT to
take seriously their ethical responsibilities - if only to "do no
harm" - before their products go public; and introduces citizens
and policy makers to challenges and opportunities that must not be
ignored.
This volume includes more than 40 important articles on integrity
and misconduct, biomedical research, the social and disciplinary
contexts of science, research in the social sciences, the social
responsibility of science and scientists, and other core issues in
research ethics. A new introduction by the editor places these
articles in their historical and conceptual context. The volume
provides a rich library of resources, ideas and challenges in the
ethics of research for any scholar concerned with such issues.
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