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Entrapment in the Net?

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Sinnott-Armstrong, W
Published in: Ethics and Information Technology
January 1, 1999

Internet stings to catch child molesters raise problems for popular tests of entrapment that focus on causation, initiative, counterfactuals, and subjective predisposition. An objective test of entrapment works better in the context of the Internet. The best form of objective test is determined by consequences of drawing a line at various places. This approach allows some Internet stings but counts other stings as entrapment when they go too far. © 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.

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Ethics and Information Technology

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EISSN

1572-8439

ISSN

1388-1957

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

1

Issue

2

Start / End Page

95 / 104

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Ethics
  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1604 Human Geography
 

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Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (1999). Entrapment in the Net? Ethics and Information Technology, 1(2), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010059427954
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Entrapment in the Net?Ethics and Information Technology 1, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010059427954.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Entrapment in the Net? Ethics and Information Technology. 1999 Jan 1;1(2):95–104.
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Entrapment in the Net?Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 1, no. 2, Jan. 1999, pp. 95–104. Scopus, doi:10.1023/A:1010059427954.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Entrapment in the Net? Ethics and Information Technology. 1999 Jan 1;1(2):95–104.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ethics and Information Technology

DOI

EISSN

1572-8439

ISSN

1388-1957

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

1

Issue

2

Start / End Page

95 / 104

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Ethics
  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1604 Human Geography