Page 10 Computer Ethics, Second Edition Deborah G. Johnson Computers and Society December 1993 Book Excerpt Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1994 New Species, Old Issues In trying to understand why computers raise moral concerns and in what ways they do and don't change the environments in which they are used, the question of uniqueness inevitably arises. Are the ethical issues surrounding computers really new? Are they unique? Or, are the issues simply the same old ethical issues that have plagued western society for centuries? Arguments can be made on both sides. On the one hand, one can argue that "there is nothing new under the sun." Computers may well threaten privacy, but privacy issues have been around for ages, and they have often centered on new technologies. Consider concerns about the publication of photographs in newspapers, wiretapping, hidden cameras. There have always been debates about privacy and what is done with information about individuals. The same may be said about ownership of computer software. There is no doubt that it challenges our property laws, but so have other new technologies. Most recently we've had to decide whether new forms of life created by geneticists should be owned. Historically,
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Book Excerpt: Computer Ethics, Second Edition by Deborah G. Johnson (Prentice Hall, 1994)
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