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Ethics, Social epistemics, Electronic communication and Scientific research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

M. J. van den Hoven
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Abstract

The most important ethical issues in the use of the Internet and World Wide Web in scientific research are considered together with some of the conceptual problems that arise as a result of applying new information technologies to old institutions. The paper concentrates on a set of issues relating to moral responsibility for the production, utilization and diffusion of scientific knowledge in a networked environment. A conclusion is that reliability of information and hence the individual scientist's capacity to take full moral responsibility may be compromised by the environment provided by the World Wide Web.

Type
Europe and Asia: Two contrasting views
Information
European Review , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 341 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1999

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