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The Ethics of Cyberspace

London: Sage (2000), 207 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 186-201, index

ISBN 0-7619-6669-2

Signature commbox: 70-Ethics-E 2000

"In this book, Cees J Hamelink proposes an answer to - how should democratic societies organize cyberspace? - that puts human-rights, rather than profit, at the top of the agenda. He argues that conventional ethical approaches are all seriously flawed. There is a growing volume of moral rules, netiquettes and codes of conduct, but they are of little help in solving the moral dilemmas raised by the new technologies. In this book the author analyzes the inadeqacies of current global governance policies and structures that underpin them, and argues for standards which put justice, human security and freedom first." (Publisher description)
1 Prometheus in CyberSpace, 1
2 Morality in CyberSpace, 32
3 The Decent Society and CyberSpace, 55
4 Equal Entitlement in CyberSpace, 79
5 Digital Risks and Security in CyberSpace, 107
6 Free Speech and Knowledge in CyberSpace, 139
7 The Democratization of Technology Choice, 165