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Ethics and Ethical Analysis

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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

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After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to: 1. Analyze an argument to identify premises and conclusion. 2. Illustrate the use of ethical argument. 3. Detect basic logical fallacies in an argument. 4. Identify stakeholders in an issue and our obligations to them. 5. Articulate the ethical tradeoffs in a technical decision. 6. Evaluate the professional codes of ethics from the ACM and other organizations.

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    Source: Chattanooga Time/Free Press—Sunday Jan 2, 2000 section H4.

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    Source: Chattanooga Time/Free Press—Sunday Jan 2, 2000 section H4.

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    © 1993 Association of Computing Machinery, Inc.

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Further Reading

  • Edel, A., Elizabeth Flower, and Finarr W. O’Connor. Morality, Philosophy, and Practice: Historical and Contemporary Readings and Studies, Third Edition. Random House, New York, 1989.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Prof. Joseph Migga Kizza

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Kizza, J.M. (2010). Ethics and Ethical Analysis. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-038-0_3

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