Jan. 8 (Tue): Introduction (Plus Course Planning), Film: The Decalogue
Jan. 10 (Th): Discuss Decalogue, "Ethics in an Age of Technology" by Ian Barbour (Pages 12-17 missing from handout are here (1.5 MBytes)... our apologies!))
Jan. 15 (Tue): "Children of Invention" by Morton Winston (Scanned copy of "Children of Invention" can be found here (approx. 5 MBytes))
Quiz #1; Review Report #1 (Dekalog and Barbour) due
Jan. 17 (Th): Style in Technical Writing (see Handout given in class)
AT&T to AT&T video
Jan. 22 (Tue): "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" by Bill Joy (Online version available here)
Quiz #2; Review Report #2 (Morton Winston and Bill Joy articles) due
Jan. 24 (Th): "Informing Ourselves to Death," by Neil Postman. Speech to Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (the German Informatics Society), October 11, 1990, Stuttgart, Germany.
Jan. 29 (Tue): "Technology and Responsibility: Reflections on the New Task of Ethics" by Hans Jonas;
Quiz #3; Review Report #3 (Neil Postman and Hans Jonas articles) due;
Term Project Proposal (1/2 page) due
Jan. 30 (Th): "In Defense of Globalization" by Jagdish Bhagwati
Feb. 5 (Tue): "Globalization and Its Impact on the Full Employment of All Human Rights" by United Nations;
Quiz #4 (on Bhagwati and UN articles on globalization);
Review Report #4 due (1-2 pages on Bhagwati, and 1-2 pages on UN article)
Feb. 7 (Th): Two Articles:
1. "A Glimpse of Things to Come" by Lee M. Silver
2. "Preventing a Brave New World" by Leon Kass
Feb. 12 (Tue): "The Case Against Perfection" by Michael J. Sandel;
Quiz #5 (on Silver, Kass, and Sandel articles);
Review Report #5 (1-2 pages on Silver and Kass combined... and 1-2 pages on Sandel) due
Feb. 14 (Th): Film: Testament
Feb. 19 (Tue):
Quiz #6 (Testament)
Review Report #6 (1-2 pages on Testament) due
"Stronger Evidence of Human Influence on Climate -- The 2001 IPCC Assessment" by Kevin E. Trenberth
Discuss Testament; Discuss Trenberth article
Feb. 21 (Th): "A Roadmap for Natural Capitalism" by Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken;
Quiz #7 (on Trenberth and Lovins articles);
Review Report #7 (1-2 pages on Trenberth, and 1-2 pages on Lovins) due
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS:
Feb. 26 (Tue):
Stacie and Kavita: "Brain-Computer Interface"
Justin: Review of Steve Johnson’s book “Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter”
Feb. 28 (Th):
Ivan and Ken: "Ethics in Development of Artificial Intelligence"
Servando and Raid: "Viruses and Worms"
March 4 (Tue):
Daniel and Stanislav: "Freedom of Expression and the Internet"
Eric and Kip: "Electronic Footprint"
March 6 (Th):
Adam and Matt (Lee): "Hijacking Neighbor’s Wireless Internet"
Charlie and Hao: "Cloning Extinct Animals"
March 11 (Tue):
Selby and Galperin: "Culture Clashing"
Vladimir and Daniel: "Ethics for Enhancing Humans"
Sid and Navdeep: "Electronic Voting Machines"
March 13 (Th):
Matt (Henson) and Nathan: "Privacy Online"
Michael and Brian: "Ethics of Spam"
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