Computer Ethics

One of the major concerns for business currently is Computer Ethics (CE) or information ethics. Computer Ethics is a new division of ethics growing and changing at a startling rate as technology evolves. The term "Computer Ethics" can be interpreted from different perspectives. For instance, as explained by Luciano Floridi, Computer Ethics can be viewed as the efforts of professional philosophers to apply traditional ethical theories, for instance utilitatianism, Kantianism, or virtue ethics to issues …

…the traditional ethical principles are still appropriate; however, it may be that the virtual and real worlds pose different ethical problems. To believe that Computer Ethics will provide all the answers is foolish. Culture, society and morality is what drives society to develop its philosophical and ethical beliefs and it is the fundamental role of ethical theory. Thus, it is within us as a global society to design and develop the future of Computer Ethics.