The Ethics of Cyberspace

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Prometheus in CyberSpace 1
Moral choice 1
Duty-based approaches to moral choice 2
Effects-based approaches to moral choice 3
Ethical dialogue 5
Technology and ethical dialogue 6
CyberSpace 9
Information and communication technologies: features 10
Information and communication technologies: importance 14
Obstacles in CyberSpace 16
Information and communication technologies: impact 17
Information and communication technologies: boom
versus doom 22
The technological revolution 23
The social transformation 24
2 Morality in CyberSpace 32
Old issues and new issues 32
Old issues, new dimensions 34
New issues: challenges to a human-centric morality? 35
Personal morality 38
Professional morality 42
Corporate morality 49
Social morality 52
3 The Decent Society and CyberSpace 55
The foundation of morality 55
Human rights 59
Technology and human rights 63
Problems with human rights
The claim to universalism
Individualism
Enlightenment
The inadequate enforcement
Horizontal effect
Political interests
Finances
The `new world order`
Human rights and the market
The social contract and self-interest Good global governance
4 Equal Entitlement in CyberSpace
The global digital divide
Gender
Universal access: historical development
Definition of universal access
Income inequalities
Do people want universal access?
What information should be accessible?
Distribution of information capital
The issue of sustainability
Solutions
Development support
The account rate settlement system
Free access to the Internet
The bit tax
Access and equality
Global governance
Conclusion
5 Digital Risks and Security in CyberSpace
Risks to physical security
Software failures
Why is software unreliable?
Software and its users
Digital sabotage and cyberwar
Electromagnetic interference
Ignoring alarm signals: the real problem!
The Millennium Bug
Coping with uncertainty
Risks to information security Conclusion
6 Free Speech and Knowledge in CyberSpace
Free speech
Censorship in CyberSpace
Censorship by the users
Who owns the Internet?
The global online marketplace
Competition, concentration and consumers
The right to knowledge
Global governance
Piracy
Controversy
7 The Democratization of Technology Choice
Democratic participation
Public accountability
Shifts in global governance institutions
Citizens and consumers
Obstacles to good global governance
Prospects for change
Participation
Voices 21
Socratic education