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The Computer Revolution and the Problem of Global Ethics(1)
Krystyna Górniak-Kocikowska
Southern Connecticut State University, USA
- Introduction
- The Computer Revolution
- The Printing Press and Ethics
- The Global Character of Ethics in the Computer Era
- End Notes
- References
1. An earlier version of this paper was published in the April 1996 issue of Science and Engineering Ethics.
2. The fact that print did not revolutionize life in China the way it did in Europe is itself an interesting subject for analysis.
3. Timetables for the Industrial Revolution vary greatly depending upon sources and criteria. The timetable chosen by Moor is very popular, but the view that the Industrial Revolution began with the invention of the printing press is very popular as well.
4. Of course, the printing press was not the only cause of such profound changes, but neither was the steam engine or the spinning machine. I do recognize the tremendous complexity of the processes we are talking about.
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