ISBN:
0802035833
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 335 p.
,
24 cm
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) - Aspect moral
;
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) - Philosophie
;
Société informatisée
;
Technologie de l'information - Aspect social
;
Ethik
;
Gesellschaft
;
Menschenrecht
;
Philosophie
;
Human rights Moral and ethical aspects
;
Human rights Philosophy
;
Information society
;
Information technology Social aspects
;
Menschenrecht
;
Menschenrecht
Abstract:
"How can we balance new information technology practices with human rights? In Human Rights in an Information Age, Gregory Walters analyses Canadian and global information highway policy and practices regarding the Internet, e-commerce, public health and safety, privacy and security, and information warfare from a philosophical, human rights framework that views freedom and well-being as the necessary conditions of human action. Walters situates the information age revolution within the broader historical and technological situation of modernity. Drawing on the action-based philosophical human rights framework of Alan Gewirth, Walters applies the Principle of Generic Consistency to a host of policy issues, and argues that values of mutuality, trust, and social solidarity are increasingly vital to the promotion and protection of human dignity and human rights in the information age."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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