Other Topics

There are many other social and ethical issues that are studied in computer ethics next to these central ones. Some of these include the implications of IT for community, identity, the quality of work and the quality of life, the relation between information technology and democracy, the ethics of Internet governance and electronic commerce, the ethics of trust online, and meta-ethical and foundational issues in computer ethics. The constant addition of new products and services in information technology, and the coming into being of new uses and new social and cultural impacts, ensures that the field keeps meeting new challenges.

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