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Section 1. Ethical perspectives on advancing human-technological relations. Chapter 1. An ethical framework for interconnected and self-organizing moral machines -- Chapter 2. Enhancing the brain and the ethics of sport -- Chapter 3. The political use and abuse of science -- Chapter 4. Cyber-bullies as cyborg-bullies -- Chapter 5. The techoethical ethos of technic self-determination : technological determinism as the ontic fundament of freewill -- Section 2. Current applications of emerging technologies and their ethical implications. Chapter 6. Lethal military robots : who is responsible when things go wrong? -- Chapter 7. The case against weapons research -- Chapter 8. Humans, autonomous systems, and killing in war -- Chapter 9. Ethical dimensions of NBIC-convergence -- Chapter 10. The societal hazards of neuroenhancement technologies -- Chapter 11. Surgeon, media, society, patient : four factors in determining the ethics of cosmetic surgery -- Chapter 12. Socio-ethical impact of the emerging smart technologies -- Chapter 13. Energy consumers' perspectives on smart meter data : privacy and unjust algorithmic discrimination -- Section 3. Emerging trends and future directions. Chapter 14. Encouraging digital civility : what companies and others can do -- Chapter 15. Algorithms vs. hive minds : preserving democracy's future in the age of AI -- Chapter 16. Viral art matters : using web-based artwork to fortify academic efforts -- Chapter 17. A technoethical study of ethical hacking communication and management within a Canadian university -- Chapter 18. Communication in the e-culture and media : new trends and features.