CASUISTRY AND COMPUTER ETHICS.
At the heart of the uniqueness debate is the possibility that the computer revolution may demand more in the way of ethical analysis than our traditional (that is, modern) ethical edification has prepared us for. In short, it may present new and unique problems and therefore demand new and unique so...
| Publicado en: | Metaphilosophy Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 471 - 489 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2007
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