CSC110 Slides Lecture05
CSC110 Slides Lecture05
CSC110 Slides Lecture05
Cyberethics
By Dr. Saqib Iqbal
What Is Cyberethics?
• Cyberethics is the study of moral, legal, and social
issues involving cybertechnology.
• It examines the impact that cybertechnology has for
our social, legal, and moral systems.
• It also evaluates the social policies and laws that
have been framed in response to issues generated by
the development and use of cybertechnology.
• Hence, there is a reciprocal relationship here.
What Is Cybertechnology?
• Cybertechnology refers to a wide range of computing
and communications devices – from standalone
computers, to "connected" or networked computing
and communications technologies, to the Internet
istself.
• Cybertechnologies include: hand-held devices (such
as Palm Pilots), personal computers (desktops and
laptops), mainframe computers, and so forth.
Cybertechnology (Continued)
• Networked devices can be connected directly
to the Internet.
• They also can be connected to other devices
through one or more privately owned
computer networks.
• Privately owned networks include both Local
Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area
Networks (WANs).
Why the term cyberethics?
• Cyberethics is a more accurate label than
computer ethics, which might suggest the
study of ethical issues limited to computing
machines, or to computing professionals.
• It is more accurate than Internet ethics, which
is limited only to ethical issues affecting
computer networks.
Table 1-1: Summary of Four Phases of
Cyberethics
3 1990s-Present Internet and World Wide Web Issues from Phases 1 and 2 plus
concerns about free speech,
anonymity, legal jurisdiction,
virtual communities, etc.