Evil online /
"I am delighted to offer my highest praise to Dean Cocking and Jeroen van den Hoven's brilliant new book, Evil Online. The confrontation between good and evil occupies a central place in the challenges facing our human nature, and this creative investigation into the spread of evil by mean...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2018.
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| Series: | Blackwell public philosophy
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 The Many Faces of Evil Online; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some Trends and Cases; Chapter 2 Our Online Environment; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Epistemic Success, Connectivity, and Coordination; 2.2.1 Epistemic Success; 2.2.2 Connectivity; 2.2.3 Coordination; 2.3 Other Features of Online Worlds that Shape Our Lives; 2.3.1 Selectivity; 2.3.2 Homophily and Stigmergy; 2.3.3 Jurisdiction; 2.3.4 Anonymity; 2.3.5 Virtuality; 2.3.6 Voluntariness; 2.3.7 Positionality; 2.3.8 Interpretive Flexibility; 2.3.9 Interactivity.
- 2.3.10 Publicity2.3.11 Domesticity; 2.3.12 Isolation; 2.3.13 Addictiveness; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Social Life; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Our Public and Private Lives: Plural Worlds and Values; 3.3 Public/Private Lives Online; 3.4 Life on Your Own Terms; 3.5 Online/Offline World Contrasts: Overstated and Alarmist; 3.6 Alarmism about Sexual Predators and Children; Chapter 4 The Moral Fog of Our Worlds; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Moral Fog of Evil; 4.3 The Shared Life and Our Vulnerability to Evil; 4.3.1 Learning and Development Vulnerabilities; 4.3.2 The Need for Intimacy.
- 4.3.3 Keeping Up with Others4.3.4 Working and Professional Life; 4.3.5 Plural Identities; 4.3.6 Incremental and Collective Evils; 4.3.7 Widely Shared Vice and Weakness; Chapter 5 The Fate of the Moral Life; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Moral Character: A Case of Mistaken Identity?; 5.3 Good Character, Self-interest, Others and Surrounds; 5.4 Evil and Responsibility; 5.5 Nothing New Under the Sun; 5.6 The Liberal; 5.7 Conclusion: Just Me and the Internet; Bibliography; Index; EULA.