Computers are special technology and they raise some special ethical issues. In particular, I want to characterize computer ethics and show why this emerging field is both intellectually interesting and enormously important On my view, computer ethics is the analysis of the nature and social impact of computer technology and the corresponding formulation and justification of policies for the ethical use of such technology. I use the phrase “computer technology” because I take the subject …showed first 75 words of 717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 717 total…of rules which one shellacs and hangs on the wall. Nor is computer ethics the rote application of ethical principles to a value-free technology. Computer ethics requires us to think anew about the nature of computer technology and our values. Although computer ethics is a field between science and ethics and depends on them, it is also a discipline in its own right which provides both conceptualizations for understanding and policies for using computer technology.