Understanding Digital Ethics

Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Digital Culture with the Department of Philosophy and the Ph.D. Program in Texts and Technology at the University of Central Florida, USA. He is co-editor (with N. Morar) of Bioethics, Science, and Public Policy and (with V. Cisney) of The Way of Nature and the Way of Grace: Philosophical Footholds on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.Rudy McDaniel is Professor of Games and Interactive Media in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media and Director of the School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida, USA. He is co-author (with J.D. Applen) of The Rhetorical Nature of XML and (with Joseph Fanfarelli) Designing Effective Digital Badges: Applications for Learning, both published by Routledge.Nancy A. Stanlick is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida, USA. She has published five books: Philosophy in America: Volumes I and II (co-authored and co-edited with Bruce Silver), Asking Good Questions: Case Studies in Ethics and Critical Thinking (with Michael Strawser), The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition, and American Philosophy: The Basics (also available from Routledge).

• Introduction Part 1: Ethical and Digital Literacy 1. Becoming Literate in Digital Ethics 2. Moral Viewpoints in Digital Contexts 3. Motivating Action in Digital Ethics Part 2: The Nature of Digital Ethics 4. Speed and Scope of Digital Information (Distributedness) 5. Moral Algorithms and Ethical Machines (Programmability and Procedurality) 6. The Digital and the Human (Embeddedness) Part 3: Implications of Digital Ethics 7. Digital Relations and Empathy Machines 8. Agents, Autonomy, and Action 9. Digital and Ethical Activism Conclusion: Literate Practice and Pedagogy. Appendix: Developing Cases in Digital Ethics Index