CYB-ETHICS.AG1 ISBN: 978-1-64459-227-4

Cyberethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace

Use the Cyberethics Morality and Law in Cyberspace course and lab to understand the concepts of cyberethics. Lab simulates real-world, hardware, software and command line interface environments and can be mapped to any text-book, course or training. The Cyberethics training course covers topics such as the social costs and moral problems caused by the underlying technologies that support the vast information network. The cyberethics course stimulates a reader's reflection on the broad issues of Internet governance and its control by the state.

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36 Hands-On LiveLabs

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  • Real environments
  • Auto-graded
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01 / Lessons & labs

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Lessons

7 Interactive Lessons · 57 topics
01 Preface
02 The Internet and Ethical Values 7 topics · 9 LiveLab
  • Cyberethics and Code
  • Iron Cage or Gateway to Utopia?
  • Ethical Values and the Digital Frontier
  • Postscript on Moral Theory
  • Floridi’s Macroethics
  • Normative Principles
  • Additional Resources

9 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

03 Information and Power: Regulating and Governing Networked Technologies 12 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • The Early History of the Internet
  • The Internet’s Architecture
  • Net Neutrality
  • The World Wide Web
  • Gatekeepers and Search Engines
  • Social Networking
  • Internet Governance
  • Contested Sovereignty in Cyberspace
  • Internet Monopolies
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies: American or Australian Libel Law?
  • Additional Resources

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

04 Free Speech and Censorship in Cyberspace 10 topics · 5 LiveLab
  • Speech and Internet Architecture
  • Pornography in Cyberspace
  • Hate Speech
  • Online Threats
  • Anonymous Speech
  • Government Censorship and the Fate of Political Speech
  • Postscript
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies: When Is a Facebook Post a Real Threat?
  • Additional Resources

5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

05 Intellectual Property in Cyberspace 7 topics · 7 LiveLab
  • Background on Intellectual Property
  • Issues for the Internet and Networking Technologies
  • Digital Books and E-Books
  • Postscript
  • Discussion Questions
  • Case Studies: Readers' Rights, Remixing, and Mashups
  • Additional Resources

7 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

Hands-On Labs Our edge

36 LiveLabs
  • Understanding Lessig's Constraints
  • Understanding Iron Cage or Gateway to Utopia
  • Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for Decision-Making
  • Understanding Moral Theories
  • Understanding Negative and Positive Rights
  • Understanding Contractarianism and Utilitarianism
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