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This is just a note to help publicize a forthcoming book in computer
ethics. Due out around May 1990 by MIT Press and Basil Blackwell.

                    		Computer Ethics 
                 Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computing
     			by Tom Forester and Perry Morrison 

                                  CONTENTS 

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Our Computerized Society  
Some Problems Created for Society by Computers - Ethical Dilemmas for Computer 
Professionals and Users

2. Computer Crime  
The Rise of the High-Tech Heist - Is Reported Crime the Tip of an Iceberg? -
Targets of the Computer Criminal - Who Are the Computer Criminals? - Improving 
Computer Security - Suggestions for Further Discussion

3. Software Theft  
The Growth of Software Piracy - Revenge of the Nerds? Intellectual Property 
Rights and the Law - Software Piracy v. Industry Progress - Busting the Pirates
- Suggestions for Further Discussion

4. Hacking and Viruses  
What is Hacking? - Why Do Hackers 'Hack'? - Hackers: Criminals or Modern-Day 
Robin Hoods? - Some "Great" Hacks - Worms,Trojan Horses and Time-Bombs - The 
Virus Invasion - Ethical Issues - Suggestions for Further Discussion

5. Unreliable Computers  
Most Information Systems are Failures - Some Great Software Disasters - 
Warranties and Disclaimers - Why are Complex Systems So Unreliable? - What are 
Computer Scientists Doing About It? - Suggestions for Further Discussion

6. The Invasion of Privacy  
Database Disasters - Privacy Legislation - Big Brother is Watching You - The 
Surveillance Society - Just When You Thought No One was Listening - Computers 
and Elections - Suggestions for Further Discussion

7. AI and Expert Systems  
What is AI? - What is Intelligence? - Expert Systems - Legal Problems - Newer 
Developments - Ethical Issues: is AI a Proper Goal? - Conclusion: the Limits of
Hype - Suggestions for Further Discussion

8. Computerizing the Workplace  
Computers and Employment - Computers and the Quality of Worklife: 'De-skilling'
 - Productivity and People: Stress, Monitoring, Depersonalization, Fatigue and 
Boredom -  Health and Safety Issues: VDTs and the RSI Debate - Suggestions for 
Further Discussion

APPENDIX A    Autonomous Systems: the Case of "Star Wars" 

Index 

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