| Deborah Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 |
| Awards | Covey Award, Weizenbaum Award, Barwise Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Kansas (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Sub-discipline | engineering ethics |
| Institutions | University 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. 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.
Books
- 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
- "Deborah G. Johnson". DIGHUM.
- "Deborah Johnson". IEEE.
- Bowie, Norman E. (1985). "Review of Computer ethics". Metaphilosophy. 16 (4): 319–322. ISSN 0026-1068.
- "Deborah G. Johnson". NAE Website.
- Bynum, Terrell (2014). "Computer and Information Ethics". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
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