Social Implications: Access to Technology

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Social Implications: Access to Technology

Has the Internet and the computerization of work, education, and life itself lead to inequalities in the access to technology and information among people with respect to differences in race, economic classes, education, and gender?

With the end of the Cold War, a newly emerging global marketplace economy aided by advancing computer and information processing technologies have rapidly changed the way people live and work. I recognize the necessity to have access to technology, and the changing need for technology over the course of a person's life. "Technological changes have outpaced ethical developments, bringing about unanticipated problems that have caused a "policy vacuum" filled by Computer Ethics, which has initially surfaced from practical concerns arising in the information society: rational decisions have to be taken, technical, educational and ethical problems must be solved, legislation needs to be adopted, and a combination of empirical evidence and logical arguments seems to provide the most obvious and promising means to achieve such pressing goals." (http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/ie.htm#1)

By researching this values question, I believe that I will gain new insight and knowledge about the importance of parity in access to technology. This web site will examine if there are inequalities in the access to technology and if so how they impact our society, and discuss ways to provide solutions for equal access for people of color, underprivledged classes, educational and career purposes, and both sexes.

Computer technology affects society in many ways. One needs to recognize the concerns for social responsibility in which computing technology is used. Advanc...

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Ursery, Danney. Normative Ethical Principles and Theories: Utilitarian Theory

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Ursery, Danney. Normative Ethical Principles and Theories: Social Contract Theory

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Ursery, Danney. Exploring Values: Moral Rules, Moral Principles and Value Statements:

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Equal Access to Software and Information.

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Lacey, Marc. Clinton Uses High-Tech Show to Push Plan for Internet Parity. (New York Times 19 April 2000)

Harmon, Amy. Racial Divide Found on Information Highway. (New York Times 17 April 1998)

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