Ethics in Cyberspace

• Preface. I The basic premise. 1. Ethics in Cyberspace. 1.1 Introduction. 2. The basic premise revisited. 2.1 Shortcomings of the basic premise. 2.2 The basic premise. II Action, explanation and cyberspace. 3. Actions and explanations. 3.1 Actions and reasons. 3.2 Explaining the basic premise. 4. Interaction in Cyberspace. 4.1 Cyberspace: Infrastructure and interaction. 4.2 Key properties of cyberspatial interaction. III Explaining the basic premise. 5. Belief and particularity. 5.1 Structure of analysis. 5.2 The three hypotheses. 6. Belief and reality. 6.1 Hypothesis I: Reality and determinateness. 6.2 Hypothesis II: Reality, causality and life-world. 6.3 Hypothesis III: Reality and vulnerability. 6.4 Hypotheses I to III: Beliefs and evidence. 7. Belief and evidence. 7.1 Evidence in cyberspatial interaction. 8. Belief and action. 8.1 Belief, reality and ethics. 8.2 Explaining the moral difference in interaction. 9. Concluding remarks. 9.1 Alternative explanations and interpretations. Bibliography. Index.

From the reviews: "This book will interest students of modern ethics, psychology, and the human factors of cyberspace. ... Ploug's work is best suited for a graduate seminar. ... if there is a need for face time in ethics and human interactions, this book is a valuable first step." (Brad Reid, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2009) "A book on the ethics of interactions in cyberspace is both timely and important. ... written in three sections, nine chapters and is designed to appeal to different readerships. ... Ploug ... more interested in ethical theory. His interest is in the logical relationships between different properties in cyberspace, how we establish and act on our beliefs about others, our beliefs about the world ... . To my mind, these are all important questions of epistemology, including for phenomenologists." (Erich von Dietze, Metapsychology Online Reviews, Vol. 14 (12), March, 2010)