____________________________________ Readings to be completed before class Friday, January 11 for discussion on Normative ethics.
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Information Ethics by Adam D. MooreISBN: 0295803665
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
From this anthology, please read about 10 pages of the Article "Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill and about 10 pages of the article, "The Metaphysics of Morals" by Immanuel Kant. Both are found in Part I. Try to get a feel for both the author's general position on the nature of ethics as well as an understanding of their main arguments and style of reasoning
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Videos to watch by class, Friday January 18 on intellectual property rights.
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Crash Course Intellectual Property I
Please watch part I. You may watch later parts if you find them interesting. This is a good video for an introduction to the idea of intellectual property.
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Why Do Property Rights Exist
This video, although about property rights in general (and not strictly intellectual property) presents a potentially controversial economic basis for property rights. It raises a number of interesting issues when extended to intellectual property.
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Articles on privacy to read before privacy discussion on Friday, Jan. 25.
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Resources on informed consent to read/viewed before consent discussion on Wednesday, Feb.6. All resources on this topic are now listed.
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Articles on Control of Information to be discussed on Feb.8. Please read these articles before class.
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Control over Human Behavior
Read these articles for discussion on 2/18/19. There is now the complete listing.
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Technology's Impact on Work Culture
This article presents some considerations on how technology changes the culture of the workplace.
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Children Wired
This article is a though provoking exposition on the effects of technology on developing brains.
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The Unknown Citizen
This poem is a nice reflection of the dehumanization that seems to occur in our culture
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Ethical Issues in the Economics of Computing
The articles below are for the discussion on Monday, Feb. 24. Please read them before that class session.
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Ethical Issues in the Impact of Computing on Culture
The articles below are for the discussion on Friday, March 1. Please read them before that class session.
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Internet and Society
This is a wonderful scholarly investigation into how internet use impacts our society. There are places where it may be hard to read but the information is excellent. Read it!
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Ethical and Social Issues in Information Technology
This article presents the results of a survey on unethical and dangerous social behaviors involving technology amongst students at an Iranian University. It discusses several possibly unethical behaviors and the extent to which the students engaged in them.
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Ethical Issues in the Impact of Computing on Politics
Please read these articles for discussion on Monday, March 11
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Responsibility for Acts Performed By Artificial Intelligence
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Accident Responsibility
This article compares legal responsibility for accidents caused by artificial intelligence vs. those caused by human error. It nicely summarizes several important issues.
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Impact of technology on the Power of Individuals
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Ethical Issues of Globalization
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teaching globalization
An article emphasizing the importances of communications educators taking a tech driven, global perspective.
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Outsourcing
I brief description of outsourcing and the economic motivation behind it
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Pros and cons of globalization
The best summary article I could find, but overladen with advertising.
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Ethical Issues With the Construction of AI
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Nine Issues in Artificial Intelligence
This article presents a survey of several major issues in artificial intelligence.
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
This article casts ethics of artificial intelligence in the context of famous philosophical works by works by Bentham and Hobbs. It is very much a utilitarian approach.
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What is AI
This video, while not really dealing with ethics, presents a nice introduction to the the features and goals of artificial intelligence and is a good foundation for considering ethical consequences.
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