A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet
- ISBN-10
- 0136008488
- ISBN-13
- 9780136008484
- Category
- Computers
- Pages
- 529
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Author
- Sara Baase
Description
Gift of Fire is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. In this revision of a best-seller, Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues readers will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large.
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