Explain with the help of historical milestones the evaluation of computer ethics?

Answer 1

The computer revolution is occurring in two stages. The first stage was that of "technology introduction" in which computer technology was developed and refined. The second stage is of "technological permeation" in which technology gets integrated into everyday human activities. Thus evolution of computer ethics is tied to the wide range of philosophical theories and methodologies, which is rooted in the understanding of the technological revolution from introduction to permeation. In the 1940s and 1950s computer ethics as a field of study had its roots in the new field of research called "cyber ethics". The concepts of cybernetics led Weiner to draw some remarkable ethical conclusions about the technology. He foresaw revolutionary social and ethical Consequences with the advance of technology. In his view the integration of computer technology into society would eventually constitute the remaking of society, in 1960- began to examine the unethical and illegal uses of computers by computers profession .the 1970 saw Walter coin the term "computer ethics to refer to that field of enquiry dealing with ethical problem aggravated. By the 1980 a number of social and ethical consequences of information technology were becoming public issue like computer enabled crime. The 1990 is the begging of the second generation of computer ethics.