Emerging Ethical Issues of Life in Virtual Worlds
Call for chapters
Scholarly articles on emerging issues of life in virtual worlds such as
Second Life are solicited. Work that connects streams of ethics research
and theory to virtual worlds as they are and to what they are developing
into is particularly sought. Among the virtual world issues explicitly
invited are: privacy, monitoring and eavesdropping, the fear of being
exploited, the loss of identity, ethical impacts of aesthetic decisions,
values and ethics manifested in the social processes and their relevance for
activities such as design there, professional ethics, standards of integrity
given identity issues and practices, malevolence and altruism, legal and
ethical doctrines of confidential and privileged information, ethics for
students and instructors, ethical development stages and issues, vandalism,
harassment and crime, how ethics and values are inscribed in the discourse
and practices of social groups, and how they can change and emerge in the
midst of pragmatic concerns, such as collective tasks.
Proposals of any length are welcome, though the more detailed and clear the
easier it will be for us to have it properly reviewed. Also, include your
full contact information, institution affiliation and position. Please
include information on your related publications and other work.
Schedule.
Proposals due August 15, 2008.
Notification of acceptance/rejection decision after review process,
September 1, 2008.
First drafts of chapters due, January 15, 2009.
Revised final drafts due, March 15, 2009.
Publication, June 15, 2009 (Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC).
Editors: Charles Wankel, St. John’s University, New York, and Shaun Malleck,
University of California, Irvine. Send all correspondence to both
wankelc@stjohns.edu and skmalleck@gmail.com . Include in the subject field
VW ETHICS.
