ECS 188 |
Tentative Section 1 Schedule
|
Winter 2006 |
Day |
Topics |
Notes |
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1/5 |
Introduction |
|
1/10 |
Johnson's Chapter 2 |
Due to problems with the photocopy machine, you will need to pick up all three readings --- Johnson's Chapter 2, Le Guin's short story, and the Pojman's essay --- from the hall just outside my office door at Kemper 3060 Friday morning. |
1/12 |
No Class |
"Kantian Ethics" by Fred Feldman and "Kant's Formula of the End in Itself and World Hunger" by Onora O'Neill will be handed out in class. |
1/17 |
Johnson's Chapter 2
cont'd "A Critique of Ethical Relativism," |
Project
Milestone 1 Due: You will find the presentation
schedule useful. Please sign up by midnight. |
1/19 |
Pojman's
"A Critique of Ethical Relativism," cont'd Feldman's "Kantian Ethics" O'Neill's "Kant's Formula of the End in Itself and World Hunger" |
|
1/24 | O'Neill's
"Kant's Formula of the End in Itself and World Hunger" cont'd Ethical Analysis Howto Spinello's Chapter 1 |
Discussion: How to perform
ethical analyzes. |
1/26 | Computer
Ethics from Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy What is Computer Ethics by James Moor |
You
will need to pick up Kairys'
"Freedom of Speech" from outside my office. |
1/31 |
Spinello's Chapter 2
and Chapter 3 Kairys' "Freedom of Speech" |
Assignment 2
Due. Assignment 2 Solutions |
2/2 |
Kairys' "Freedom of
Speech" cont'd |
I
may add a reading, depending on how far we get on Tuesday. |
2/7 |
The
Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution by Biddle, et
al. Microsoft Research DRM talk by Doctorow |
|
2/9 |
Spinello's Chapter 4 Just War by Alex Moseley |
Project
Milestone 2 Due. Here's an example.
Your submission must
improve on the example by adding a thesis
statement (from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/). |
2/14 |
The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain by James Boyle | |
2/16 |
Informing
Ourselves to Death and Five Things We Need to Know About Technology Change by Neil Postman Why the future doesn't need us by Bill Joy |
Assignment 4 Due. You will need to read the ACM Code of Ethics. |
2/21 |
Spinello's Chapter 5 The Right to Read by Stallman Patent Prescription by Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner |
|
2/23 |
Therac
Disaster (pdf) Therac Disaster (ps) by Nancy Leveson |
The pdf is very blurry:
Leveson doesn't know about the font problem
when converting postscript files to pdf files. I have been unable
to
find a better pdf. If you find one, can you
post the url to the newsgroup so I can grab a copy? I included
the
postscript file in case you have a postscript reader: this
version is
more legible. Here's where I got the two files: http://sunnyday.mit.edu/therac-25.html Also, this reading is long: 49 pages, so budget accordingly. I will hand out Ian Barbour's "Views of Technology" in class. |
2/24 |
No
Class |
Slide
Drafts for first day of presentations are due. Please email them to me in a black and white format with *no* hard to print background colors or images! |
2/28 |
The GNU Manifesto
by Richard Stallman An introduction to "Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays" of Richard Stallman by Lawrence Lessig Animal Liberation at 30 by Peter Singer |
|
3/2 |
Personal
Reflections on the "Animal-Rights" Phenomenon by Adrian Morrison COMPUTING MACHINERY AND INTELLIGENCE BY A.M.Turing Stanford Encylopedia Entry on the Turing Test |
If there is a quiz, it will
focus on the first two readings. |
3/7 |
Student
Presentations Start |
Go to the presentation schedule wiki page for details. There may be quizes, so don't neglect the readings. |
3/14 |
Student Presentations cont'd |
Course
Readings Review is due. |
3/20 |
Final |
Comprehensive 151 Olson 1:30-3:30p |