ECS 188 - Spring 2007 - Day-by-Day List of Readings and Topics |
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Week | .....Class..... | Topic | |
00 | 01 - R 3/29 | Introduction to the course (CG). | |
01 | 02 - T 4/03 | Read Johnson, Chapter 1 (Why Computer Ethics?), Greenfield, Section 1 (What is everyware?), pp. 9-34. (CG) | |
03 - R 4/05 | Discussion: What are computer ethics? (CG) | ||
02 | 04 - T 4/10 | Read Collins and Pinch, Introduction, Chapters 1-2 (A clean kill?: the role of the Patriot in the Gulf War; The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosion); Greenfield, Section 2 (How is everyware different from what we're used to?). Quiz 1. (CG) | |
05 - R 4/12 | Film, The Decalogue | ||
03 | 06 - T 4/17 | Read Sunstein, Chapters 1-2 (The Daily Me, An Analogy and an Ideal), pp. 1-50; Greenfield, Section 3 (What's driving the emergence of everyware?), pp. 89-120. Quiz 2. In class: Sunstein reading and Is There an Echo in Here, by D Weinberger. | |
07 - R 4/19 | Read the Marshall McLuhan interview. | ||
04 | 08 - T 4/24 | Read a short speech by Neil Postman and a reading from Ian Barbour (Views of Technology) In class we discussed the latter. | |
09 - R 4/26 | Read Collins and Pinch, Chapters 3-4 (Crash! nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial; The world according to Gold: disputes about the origins of oil). In class we had Quiz 3, discussed the CP reading, and briefly discussed the Postman reading. | ||
05 | 10 - T 5/1 | Read Johnson, Chapter 2 (Philosophical Ethics); and Greenfield, Section 4 (What are the issues we need to be aware of?), pp. 121-158. Quiz 4. In class we discussed the Johnson reading on philosophical ethics. | |
11 - R 5/03 | Read the article by Hans Jonas (handed out in class) (Chapt 1 from The Imperative of Responsibility). (vocabulary list.) In class: Quiz 5 and discussed the Jonas reading. | ||
06 | 12 - T 5/08 | Read Bill Joy's Why the Future Doesn't Need Us In class we discussed deontology, responsibility, and the Bill Joy reading. | |
13 - R 5/10 | Bring three copies of a technology-related news article. We discussed these, as well as the Bill Joy reading. | ||
07 | 14 - T 5/15 | (Canceled Sunstein). Read Computers, ethics, and collective violence by Summers and Markusen and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, War. In class: Why We Fight. | |
15 - R 5/17 | Catch up on prior reading if you are not caught up. Quiz 6. | ||
08 | 16 - T 5/22 | Read Johnson, Chapter 4 (Ethics and the Internet I); and Greenfield, Section 5 (Who gets to determine the shape of everyware?), pp. 159-174. | |
17 - R 5/24 | Read Collins and Pinch, Chapters 6-7 (The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheepfarmmers; ACTing UP: AIDS cures and lay expertise), and the Conclusion. In class we worked individually and then in groups on Quiz 7, about the prior three readings. | ||
09 | 18 - T 5/29 | Read The ACM Code of Ethics and Chapts 1 (Timid Professionals), 9 (The Primacy of Attitude), and 13 (Subordination) from Disciplined Minds. In class we discussed the latter. | |
19 - R 5/31 | Ning (Great Firewall of China); Alan/Eric (social networking sites); Albert (voting machines). Disciplined Minds (2: Ideological Discipline). Johnson, Chapter 5 (Privacy). | ||
10 | 20 - T 6/05 | Presentations: Maithreyi (Moral Minds), Pouyan (RFIDs). Discussed the final. Handed out some pledges for your consideration. | |
xx - F 6/08 | Final - 4-6 pm in 117 Olson |