Computer Ethics from Obscure to Ubiquitous

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Juneed Iqbal
Bilal Maqbool Beigh

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This paper reviewed literature reported on computer ethics. This paper is divided into four sections, first section deals with understanding of what is computer ethics, second section deals with history of computer ethics third section discusses the Ethics code of conduct of conduct adopted by many organisations and fourth section discusses about future perspective of computer ethics.The author of this review ask questions with regards to what constitutes computer ethics and works systematically from filling “conceptual vacuum†to understanding of meta-ethical discourse of computer ethics. This paper discusses historical milestones achieved by trial blazing work of researchers from Norbert Wiener to Luciano Floridi and identifies research questions that have not been addressed sufficiently in the literature and suggest specific research areas for further investigation.

Keywords: Computer ethics; code of ethics; information ethics; flourishing ethics; uniqueness debate

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