ECS 188

Tentative Section 1 Schedule

Winter 2006



Day

Topics

Notes
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