Abstract
The fundamental ethical questions posed by new technology are not new. Basic beliefs in the precept that it is better to do good than ill do not change. What changes is that relationship between behaviors and the ethical conceptions by which we judge them shift and become ambiguous, vague, and perceived through a sometimes foggy prism. The problem for those involved in Net activity, then is not one of defining new ethical principles or revising or identifying new categorical imperatives. Our task instead is one of understanding the social bases of the relationship between technology and conflicts over the meaning of familiar concepts, and how changes in one affect the images and language by which we define and act upon the other.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
31
Issue
1
First Page
8
Last Page
20
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Jim
(1999)
"Balanacing the Ethical Conundrums of Internet Research: An Existentialist View from the Trenches,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol31/iss1/4
Copyright
©1999 Iowa Communication Association
