Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives

Abstract

Self, community, and ethics in digital mediatized worlds / Charles Ess -- "Virtual reality" and "virtual actuality" : remarks on the use of technical terms in philosophy of virtuality / Marianne Richter -- Virtual entities, environments, worlds and reality : suggested definitions and taxonomy / Johnny Hartz Soraker -- The role of e-trust in distributed artificial systems / Mariarosaria Taddeo -- Trusting software agents / John Weckert -- Trust in the virtual/physical interworld / Annamaria Carusi -- Trust, lies and virtuality / Bjorn Myskja -- Virtual child pornography : why images do harm from a moral perspective / Litska Strikwerda -- Virtuality and trust in broadened thinking online / May Thorseth.