Kendrick Hang

If anyone is interested in attending the following public lecture, let me know and I’ll pick up some (free) tickets. I actually read one of the lecturer’s books way back in Pfaff’s Social Issues of Computing class and I’m pretty excited about this lecture.

Ethics and Technology: Where do They Meet?

March 18, 2005
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA

Deborah G. Johnson
Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics

Does technology shape the world we live in or do our moral, cultural, and political values determine what kinds of technology we have? Professor Johnson will examine the connections between morality and technology and will suggest new ways of thinking about the intertwining of ethics and technology.

Professor Johnson came to the University of Virginia in the fall of 2001 after three years at Georgia Tech and 20 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the author/editor of four books and over 40 published papers. Among the four books is the popular textbook Computer Ethics, which is now in its third edition and has been translated into Spanish and will soon be published in Japanese. She co-edits the journal Ethics and Information Technology, published by Kluwer, and also co-edits a book series on Women, Gender, and Technology with S. Rosser and M.F. Fox for University of Illinois Press. Active in professional organizations, Professor Johnson recently completed a term as president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology and took on the presidency of a new professional society, the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT).