Mikko Siponen
Mikko Siponen
It has been argued that moral problems in relation to Information Technology (IT) require new theories of ethics. In recent years, an interesting new theory to address such concerns has been proposed, namely the theory of Information Ethics...
The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy [0.03%]
仁慈的健康蠕虫：比较西方人权本位伦理与儒家义务本位道德哲学
Alana Maurushat
Alana Maurushat
Censorship in the area of public health has become increasingly important in many parts of the world for a number of reasons. Groups with vested interest in public health policy are motivated to censor material. As governments, corporations...
Jonathan Pugh,Laurie Pycroft,Anders Sandberg et al.
Jonathan Pugh et al.
'Brainjacking' refers to the exercise of unauthorized control of another's electronic brain implant. Whilst the possibility of hacking a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) has already been proven in both experimental and real-life settings, the...
J H Moor
J H Moor
Computing plays an important role in genetics (and vice versa). Theoretically, computing provides a conceptual model for the function and malfunction of our genetic machinery. Practically, contemporary computers and robots equipped with adv...
Alternatives for protecting privacy while respecting patient care and public health needs [0.03%]
在尊重患者护理和公共卫生需求的同时保护隐私的替代方法
J W DeCew
J W DeCew
This paper begins with a discussion of the value of privacy, especially for medical records in an age of advancing technology. I then examine three alternative approaches to protection of medical records: reliance on governmental guidelines...
Beware! Uncle Sam has your DNA: legal fallout from its use and misuse in the U.S [0.03%]
当心！山姆大叔拿到了你的DNA：在美国被滥用的法律影响
Marcia J Weiss
Marcia J Weiss
Technology has provided state and federal governments with huge collections of DNA samples and identifying profiles stored in databanks. That information can be used to solve crimes by matching samples from convicted felons to unsolved crim...
Antonio Marturano,Ruth Chadwick
Antonio Marturano
In this paper we will examine some ethical aspects of the role that computers and computing increasingly play in new genetics. Our claim is that there is no new genetics without computer science. Computer science is important for the new ge...
Richard A Spinello
Richard A Spinello
The primary theme of this paper is the normative case against ownership of one's genetic information along with the source of that information (usually human tissues samples). The argument presented here against such "upstream" property rig...
Genomic research and data-mining technology: implications for personal privacy and informed consent [0.03%]
基因组研究与数据挖掘技术：个人隐私及知情同意的伦理含义
Herman T Tavani
Herman T Tavani
This essay examines issues involving personal privacy and informed consent that arise at the intersection of information and communication technology (ICT) and population genomics research. I begin by briefly examining the ethical, legal, a...
Judith Wagner DeCew
Judith Wagner DeCew
I begin with a discussion of the value of privacy and what we lose without it. I then turn to the difficulties of preserving privacy for genetic information and other medical records in the face of advanced information technology. I suggest...