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Deborah G. Johnson

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Deborah Johnson
Born1945
AwardsCovey Award, Weizenbaum Award, Barwise Prize
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Kansas (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplineengineering ethics
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia

Deborah G. Johnson (born 1945) is an American philosopher and Olsson Professor Emeritus of Applied Ethics at the University of Virginia. She is a winner of the Covey Award, Weizenbaum Award, and Barwise Prize. Johnson is known for her works on the computer ethics and engineering ethics.[1][2][3][4] Her book Computer Ethics (1985) was the first significant textbook in the discipline and rapidly became the main resource used in computer ethics courses at universities in English-speaking countries.[5]

Books

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  • Engineering Ethics: Contemporary and Enduring Debates, Yale University Press 2020
  • Computer Ethics, First Edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1985; Second Edition 1994; Third Edition 2001
  • Johnson, D. and H. Nissenbaum (eds.) (1995), Computing, Ethics & Social Values, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall

References

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  1. ^ "Deborah G. Johnson". DIGHUM.
  2. ^ "Deborah Johnson". IEEE.
  3. ^ Bowie, Norman E. (1985). "Review of Computer ethics". Metaphilosophy. 16 (4): 319–322. ISSN 0026-1068.
  4. ^ "Deborah G. Johnson". NAE Website.
  5. ^ Bynum, Terrell (2014). "Computer and Information Ethics". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
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