I have taught a course on Engineering Ethics using that book(Shinzinger and Martin). It is actually the best of a number of current books in the field. I am currently teaching a course on Computer Ethics using Deborah Johnson's book on Computer Ethics. She discusses ethical issues about computers like P2P filesharing, piracy, hacking, privacy, cyberstalking, anonymity, open-source, and the nature of property. It is not a bad book. (Also, probably the best on the market of its type)
There are many issues that emerge from new technology. Bioethics is full of issues that are dependent on transplantation, cloning and the genome project.
Ethical questions also come up a lot in the context of new pesticides, animal growth hormones, GM foods, global climate change, and animal rights.
One can also speculate a bit if you like about futuristic technology like transporting devices, holodecks, and replicating machines. (A book called _The Ethics of Star Trek_ takes on some of these issues.)
As has already been mentioned, smart bombs, biological weapons, and WMDs are great fodder for ethical discussion. So are questions involving a soldier's ability to be so remote from his target that it looks like he is playing a video game, and not necessarily killing people.
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I have taught a course on Engineering Ethics using that book(Shinzinger and Martin). It is actually the best of a number of current books in the field. I am currently teaching a course on Computer Ethics using Deborah Johnson's book on Computer Ethics. She discusses ethical issues about computers like P2P filesharing, piracy, hacking, privacy, cyberstalking, anonymity, open-source, and the nature of property. It is not a bad book. (Also, probably the best on the market of its type)
There are many issues that emerge from new technology. Bioethics is full of issues that are dependent on transplantation, cloning and the genome project.
Ethical questions also come up a lot in the context of new pesticides, animal growth hormones, GM foods, global climate change, and animal rights.
One can also speculate a bit if you like about futuristic technology like transporting devices, holodecks, and replicating machines. (A book called _The Ethics of Star Trek_ takes on some of these issues.)
As has already been mentioned, smart bombs, biological weapons, and WMDs are great fodder for ethical discussion. So are questions involving a soldier's ability to be so remote from his target that it looks like he is playing a video game, and not necessarily killing people.