Computer Ethics Author to Speak at Nov. 6
Conference
On
November 6, 1999, prominent ethicist
Deborah Johnson will be the keynote
speaker at the first Ohio University
Student Conference in Applied
Ethics.
Dr.
Johnson is one of the founders of the
growing field of computer ethics and is
the author of Computer Ethics, the
most widely used text in the field. She
will present the paper, "Is 'Forbidden
Knowledge' Possible in Modern Science?'
which addresses attempts to limit or
forbid scientific inquiry.
Currently
director of the School of Public Policy at
the Georgia Institute of Technology in
Atlanta, Dr. Johnson counts among her
numerous publications the books
Computers, Ethics, and Social
Values (1995), and Ethical Issues
in Engineering (1991).
She
will be available between 4:00 p.m. and
6:30 p.m. on Friday, November 5.
In
addition to Dr. Johnson, thirteen students
from around the region and around the
country working in applied ethics will
present papers at the conference, covering
topics from the ethics of environmentalism
to the ethics of police deception.
The
Ohio University Student Conference in
Applied Ethics is free and open to the
public. It runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at Scripps Hall on Saturday, November
6.
Conference
program and pre-registration are available
at www.ohiou.edu/ethics.
Please
e-mail ethics@ohio.edu
or call 740-593-9802 for more information.
Also, the full
text of this news
release
is available.
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