DocumentCode
3474654
Title
Why "no worse off" is worse off
Author
Aycock, John ; Sullins, John
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
23-24 May 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We argue that a common ethical justification for computer security research reflects a naively utilitarian bias, and that this justification would be rejected under other ethical theories. By examining this issue, we hope to raise the ethical bar for security research and suggest some ways that this problem might be addressed using ideas from computer and information ethics.
Keywords
security of data; computer security research; ethical bar; ethical justification; Computer security; Computers; Educational institutions; Ethics; Law;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0458-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/spw.2013.6914701
Filename
6914701
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