Book Review: Chapter 14: Responsibilities for Information on the Internet

Book: The-handbook-of-information-and-computer-ethic

 

Author: Anton Vedder

Library Reference: N/A

 

Amazon Reference:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233037513&sr=1-1

 

 

Quote:

 

“According to Friedman, if they were to have these responsibilities,

then these responsibilities might easily conflict with their obligations to make profits

for the stockholders”

Learning Expectations:

 

• To learn how this responsibilities help information on the internet become better.
• To learn what are the responsibilities for information on the internet.
• To learn the effects and benefits of the responsibilities to information as well as to the internet as well.

Review:

 

We, as online users, have our own responsibilities in handling our own source of information – ourselves. The government, in my point of view, should be more concerned in this issue but other than that, we need to take action ourselves because the internet is a huge place for information to be spread and that alone is not really something I would think as just a petty file share. Of course, file sharing is another thing but what about copyright? Piracy? Infringement? There are a lot of issues we have to dwell with right after knowing what it is that needs to be done but still, be responsible enough to take extra protective measures with what you do online.

It takes an enormous amount of work to understand what theories mean for real-world situations, issues, and decisions, and in some sense, we don’t understand theories until we understand what they imply about real-world situations. Practical ethics is best understood as the domain in which there is negotiation between theory and real-world situations.

 

What I’ve learned:

I have learned about the Information in general as it was mentioned the debate on information-related responsibilities was until recently restricted to the issues of ISP’s responsibilities with regard to clearly illegal or immoral content.

Integrative Questions:

 

1. What the responsibilities for information are as stated in this chapter?
2. What is Information in general?
3. What is the relation of Internet and Information?
4. What is ISP?
5. What are the conditions of responsibility?

 

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