Deborah Johnson | |
Birth Date: | 1945 |
Awards: | Covey Award, Weizenbaum Award, Barwise Prize |
Education: | University of Kansas (PhD) |
Discipline: | Philosophy |
Sub Discipline: | engineering ethics |
Deborah G. Johnson (born 1945) is an American philosopher and Olsson Professor Emeritus of Applied Ethics at the University of Virginia. She is a winner of the Covey Award, Weizenbaum Award, and Barwise Prize. Johnson is known for her works on the computer ethics and engineering ethics.[1] [2] [3] [4] Her book Computer Ethics (1985) was the first significant textbook in the discipline and rapidly became the main resource used in computer ethics courses at universities in English-speaking countries.[5]