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We already entered the era of Unmanned Vehicles, drones, boats and more recently cars are going to be "driven" by software, sensors, cameras, radars and more are the senses of our vehicles. If the risk that a flying or floating drone can be hacked is concerning us as well as the temporary lack of specific legislation, what about the concerns related to ethical and moral aspects, not neglecting the legal ones, concerning autonomous road vehicles such as cars and buses ? Safety and security standards for such devices are not set actually, how will behave two cars, both from the same builder or not, in case of imminent collision? Of course, the cyber-driver is supposed to be perfect but the environment may introduce some bias, hence on the moral and ethical side how will the cyber-driver take decisions? As an additional concern, today even cars may be subject to cyber-attacks as it already happened to Jeep vehicles in the United States, if on one side the regular car service or re-call for update can be performed through the permanent car connection to the Internet, no more need to physically take the car back to the service (this might lead to unwanted outcomes), on the other side in case of cyber-attacks our car might behave in a unpredictable way. As a consequence, possibly before a mass diffusion of such vehicles, we must be aware about some aspects: the risk of cyber-attacks that may turn everyday commodities like cars into "weapons" and the "programmed" behaviour of cars in case of "risky" scenarios. Security standards and harmonised "behaviours" together with an appropriate legal framework will probably help.

Rafael Capurro . (ed.) ; Inhaltsverzeichnis ; Inhaltstext ; Inhaltsverzeichnis ; Klappentext ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- PVA 2007.1706

The whole world is currently undergoing a period of profound change brought about by the development of the worldwide information and communications network, the Internet, which affects every sphere of social life. This book focuses specifically on ethical questions related to the use of the Internet in West Africa. It examines the manner in which the spread of the Internet in Africa raises serious ethical issues; issues that should be identified to ensure that, in the future, the adaptation and integration of Internet technology will be compatible with the development of Africa's nations. The

Internet censorship remains one of the most common methods of state control over the media. Reasons for filtering cyberspace include ensuring the security of the current regime, attempts to limit all kinds of opposition movements, and the protection of the religious and moral norms of society. In Arab countries, where religion plays a major role in the sociopolitical sphere, the latter is particularly important. Since, in Islamic law, there is no direct reference to censorship in practice, governments cause many resources to be filtered under various pretexts. At the same time, as the example of Egypt during the Arab spring shows, moral and religious reasons for filtering the Internet have more grounds than, say, the persecution of opposition leaders.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 The Internet and Ethical Values -- Cyberethics and Code -- Iron Cage or Gateway to Utopia? -- Ethical Values and the Digital Frontier -- Postscript on Moral Theory -- Floridi's Macroethics -- Normative Principles -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Additional Resources -- CHAPTER 2 Information and Power: Regulating and Governing Networked Technologies -- The Early History of the Internet -- The Internet's Architecture -- Net Neutrality -- The World Wide Web -- Gatekeepers and Search Engines -- Social Networking -- Internet Governance -- Contested Sovereignty in Cyberspace -- Internet Monopolies -- Discussion Questions -- Case Studies: American or Australian Libel Law? -- Google: The New Monopolist? -- Social Media: Good or Bad for Democracy? -- References -- Additional Resources -- CHAPTER 3 Free Speech and Censorship in Cyberspace -- Speech and Internet Architecture -- Pornography in Cyberspace -- Hate Speech -- Online Threats -- Anonymous Speech -- Government Censorship and the Fate of Political Speech -- Postscript -- Discussion Questions -- Case Studies: When Is a Facebook Post a Real Threat? -- Are Video Games Free Speech? -- Twitter, Free Speech, and Terrorism -- LinkedIn Goes to China -- References -- Additional Resources -- CHAPTER 4 Intellectual Property in Cyberspace -- Background on Intellectual Property -- Issues for the Internet and Networking Technologies -- Digital Books and E-Books -- Postscript -- Discussion Questions -- Case Studies: Readers' Rights, Remixing, and Mashups -- A Parody of PETA -- Oracle vs. Google: The Fight over Java -- References -- Additional Resources -- CHAPTER 5 Privacy Rights in the Age of Surveillance -- A Definition and Theory of Privacy -- Personal Information on the Internet -- Consumer Privacy on the Internet.

This paper is a review of the 18th National Ethics Conference that took place in November 2022 and was organized by the Department of Ethical Studies of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The aim of this review is to give publicity to the event by informing of the thematic panels, the titles of the reports and the names of the researchers who participated.

"The subject of data ethics has never been more urgent. This is no longer an academic or niche geek issue as it has been since the inception of the internet and the world wide web. Data ethics is an issue that affects all our lives as we have been forced by covid to live increasingly online. Who controls access to the hardware, who runs the software, who can spy on us, hack us, data farm us? What are the threats that we need to mitigate against democratically, societally and personally? How can corporations protect us rather than predate on us, and how can that help their bottom line? In this book I aim to summarise both the overarching concepts and principles about why this is important, and offer practical solutions for companies, policy makers, academia and individuals to push back against these known threats and also try to future proof themselves going forward. This is information we all need to know and apply as technology accelerates exponentially"--

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: What Is the Cyber Revolution? -- An Epochal Shift in Human History? -- What Has Changed to Create the Cyber Revolution That Is Now Unfolding? -- Why Are These Large-Scale Future Threats Suddenly So Urgent? -- Entering the Fourth Wave Economy -- A Quick Tour Guide of the Cyber Revolution -- New Directions -- Chapter 2: We Need Better Planet Management Skills -- The Three Hyper-Objects That Imperil Our Future -- Taking on the Hyper-Object Challenges to Save the Human Race -- Focusing in on the Major Challenges We Face -- Over Population -- Climate Change -- Converting to a Fourth Wave Economy -- How to Proceed? -- So What About the Fourth Wave? -- Twenty-First Century Perils that Need to Be Closely Monitored -- Chapter 3: The Prime Drivers of Change -- Exploring the Prime Drivers of Change -- The Exciting New 'Smart Industries' That Can Help Save Our Planet -- Mega-Deaths or Giga-Deaths? -- Demographics Is One of the Key Drivers -- Examining All Six Major Drivers and Their Implications for the Future -- Population Growth and Super-Urbanization -- Climate Change and Unsustainable Growth -- Societal and Political Values of Un-moderated Economic Expansion -- Growth Versus Survival -- Super-Automation and Technological Unemployment -- Unreformed Health Care and Educational Systems -- Life in a Broadband Cybernetic World -- Coping with the Future -- Chapter 4: Smart Cities, Megacities and Meta-Cities -- Introduction -- The Coming Emphasis on Smart City Technology and Systems -- How Urban Life and Especially Smart Cities Will Be Transformed -- Transportation in the Smart City -- Energy -- Environmental Systems and Climate Change Concerns -- Telecommunications and IT Systems and Government Services -- Utilities -- Education and Health Care -- Smart Urban Planning Systems.

This book is not a critique of digital ethics but rather a hack. It follows the method of hacking by developing an exploit kit on the basis of state-of-the-art social theory, which it uses to breach the insecure legacy system upon which the discourse of digital ethics is running. This legacy system is made up of four interdependent components: the philosophical mythology of humanism, social science critique, media scandalization, and the activities of many civil society organisations lobbying for various forms of regulation. The hack exposes the bugs, the sloppy programming, and the false promises of current digital ethics, and, because it is an ethical hack, redesigns digital ethics so that it can address the problems of the global network society. The main idea of the book is that the social world of meaning is based on information, which, because of its relational nature, must be understood more as a common good than as private property. A digital ethics that relies upon humanistic individualism cannot address the issues arising from the global network society based upon information. This demands a complete revision of the philosophical foundations of current digital ethics by means of a redesign of ethics as a theory of governance by design.

Human activities associated with greenhouse gas emissions have unequivocally caused global warming. Widespread adverse impacts on people, living organisms, and the environment are already being observed, mostly affecting vulnerable communities who are least responsible for current climate change. Unless drastic mitigation and adaptation measures are taken, continued greenhouse gas emissions will further exacerbate dangerous climate change. This expert report maps and analyses the complex justice issues that arise in the context of climate change and evaluates policy responses to the impacts of climate change from a climate justice perspective.