{"title":"Virtual harms and virtual responsibility: a rape in cyberspace","authors":"C. Huff, Deborah G. Johnson, K. Miller","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013833","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Julian Dibbell reported a \"rape in cyberspace\" in 1993. In this paper we use the case to explore the moral nature of actions in virtual environments. We emphasize the themes of harm and responsibility and conclude with some tentative lessons learned, and extend the analysis to virtual sex.","PeriodicalId":377470,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02). Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings (Cat. No.02CH37293)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS.2002.1013833","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Julian Dibbell reported a "rape in cyberspace" in 1993. In this paper we use the case to explore the moral nature of actions in virtual environments. We emphasize the themes of harm and responsibility and conclude with some tentative lessons learned, and extend the analysis to virtual sex.