 | Cypherpunk Ethics: Radical Ethics for the Digital Age Subjects: Arts; Computer Science; Communication Studies; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Humanities; Law; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Internet & Multimedia – Computing & IT; Media Technology; Legal Ethical & Social Aspects of IT; Communication Ethics; Media & Film Studies; Popular Culture & Law; Political Philosophy; Politics & the Media; Politics & Technology; Sociology & Social Policy; Media Communication; Economics; Philosophy; Political Behavior and Participation; Media Communication; IT & the Law; Computer Fraud Hacking & Viruses; Social Aspects of Computing & IT; Human Computer Interaction; Social Impact of Computing & IT on Society; Privacy & Data Protection; Economic Theory & Philosophy; Ethics Philosophy; Philosophy of Technology; Media & Communications; Internet Politics; Social Movements; Sociology of Media; Sociology of Science & Technology; Political Sociology; Cypherpunk Ethics explores the moral worldview of the cypherpunks, a movement that advocates the use of strong digital cryptography--or crypto, for short--to defend individual privacy and promote institutional transparency in the digital age. Focusing on the writings of Timothy May and Julian Assange, two of the most prolific and influential cypherpunks, the book examines two competing paradigms of cypherpunk philosophy--crypto anarchy and crypto justice--and examines the implications of cypherpunk ethics for a range of contemporary moral issues, including surveillance, privacy, whistleblowing, cryptocurrencies, journalism, democracy, censorship, intellectual property, and power. Rooted in theory but with very real applications, this volume will appeal not only to students and scholars of digital media, communication, journalism, philosophy, political science, critical data studies, sociology, and the history of technology but also to technologists and activists around the world. Patrick D. Anderson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Central State University, USA, and editor-in-chief of the WikiLeaks Bibliography. |
