Virtual morality : (Record no. 36178)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | AU-EpEBC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20130614130424.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | NEMB |
| Transcribing agency | NEMB |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 241.6/HOU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Houston, Graham, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1950- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Virtual morality : |
| Remainder of title | Christian ethics in the computer age / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Graham Houston ; foreword by David Cook. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Leicester, UK : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Apollos, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 224 p. ; |
| Other physical details | pbk ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : Christian concern in an age of simulation :<br/>An age of simulation ;<br/>Ethics and technology ;<br/>Connections between philosophy of science and theology ;<br/>Connections between philosophy of technology and Christian ethics. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 1 : Values and virtual reality.<br/>Morality in a technological age ;<br/>Morality, reality and values ;<br/>Is technology value-neutral? ;<br/>The objectivity of human values ;<br/>Potential moral dilemmas posed by Virtual Reality ;<br/>Christian ethical reflection. -- |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ch 2 : Technology and human nature.<br/>Virtual reality and Homo Faber ;<br/>Technology: ancient and modern ;<br/>Biblical anthropology and technology ;<br/>Technology as opportunity and threat in biblical perspective. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 3 : Ethics and reality.<br/>Morality and reality (virtual or otherwise) ;<br/>Virtual Reality and the ethics of Christian realism ;<br/>Virtual Reality, surrealism and the ethics machine ;<br/>The metaphysics of Virtual Reality ;<br/>Virtuality and postmodernity. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 4 : Technology, theology and human futures.<br/>The long-range impacts of technology ;<br/>Technology and futurology ;<br/>Technology, eschatology and Christian ethics. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 5 : Christian ethics as public truth.<br/>Basis: theology or sociology ;<br/>The nature of public truth ;<br/>Prophetic witness and technicism ;<br/>Criteria for evaluation<br/>Evaluation of criteria. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 6 : Virtual Reality : opportunities and threats.<br/>Review of current VR applications ;<br/>Virtual environments in an age of anxiety ;<br/>Approaching an ethical analysis of a current application ;<br/>The potential dangers of cyberspace ;<br/>The "virtues"of Virtual Reality ;<br/>Opportunities and threats. -- |
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| Formatted contents note | Ch 7 : Virtual morality and postmodernity.<br/>Summary of discussion ;<br/>Virtual Reality, technicism and postmodernity ;<br/>Virtual Morality: significance of irtual Reality for Christian ethics ;<br/>Order, freedom, judgement: significance of Christan ethics for Virtual Reality ;<br/>Philosophy of technology and Christian ethics in postmodernity ;<br/>Summary of main conclusions ;<br/>Living in the real and virtual worlds. -- |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Appendix 1 : A four-step process for ethical analysis nand decision making. |
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| Formatted contents note | Appendix 2 : Current Virtual Reality applications. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Information technology |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Virtual Reality. |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) | |
| Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) | EW |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Available | The Emmaus Library | The Emmaus Library | 09/05/2013 | Donated by Valentin Vasilev, 2009-2011. | 5.00 | 241.6/HOU | 14019 | 30/04/2015 | 1 | 50.00 | 09/05/2013 | Book |
