Medical Ethics

In 1976,while teaching a medical ethics course walter Maner noticed that,often ,when computers are involoved in medical ethics cases .new ethically important considerations arise.This convinced of the need for a seperate branch of applied ethics which he dubbed 'computer ethics' .Maner defined computer ethics as that branch of applied ethics which studies ethical problems 'aggravated transformed or created by computer technology'adn offered guidelines for dealoing with this subject in the class room in A starterKit for teaching computer ethics .
Inspired by Maners work .Terell ward bynum the writer developed curricuum meterials and a university course in 1979 and in the early 1980's gave speeches and ran workshops at a variety of conferences across America.In 1983,as editor of the journal Metaphilosaphy,he launched an essay competetiion to generate intrest computer ethics and to create a special issue of the journal.Entitled 'computers and Ethics and to create a special issue on the journal .