MORALITY in the Age of the Net
The Global Nature of the Internet: Does this Change how Morality is Defined and Perceived?
The Internet and its global nature make it easy to for you to communicate with someone from any number of countries. It also allows you to gather information in a real-time fashion from news sources around the world. How is the Internet effecting your definition of morality? Is it changing as you are exposed to other cultures and view-points through the Internet? Could this be occurring in other countries?
Support
for an International Norm Morality |
Support
for the Internet as a Controlled Sphere |
Nazi Culture and Hate-Speech: Germany wants to stop the Internet sale of books supporting the Nazi culture.
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Reporters without Borders: A web-site that discusses how various countries are attempting to regulate the Internet. |
Plans for the International Rating System: Meetings occur among countries trying to come up with a system of regulating the content of the Internet. |
The Internet in the Middle East: An article describing the cautious nature of many governments when it comes to allowing some access to the Internet. |
Of further interest: The Lawless Internet – An argument for the uncontrollable nature of the Internet.