CS 1023 Cultural Implications of the Information Society

Note: The text is: Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computing, Second Edition, by Tom Forester and Perry Morrison, MIT Press, 1994.

• Week 1: Introduction [Aug 30, Sept 1, 3, 1999]:
  
• Week 2: Ethical Theories [Sept 8, 10, 1999 (Sept 6 is Labor Day)]:
  Assignment 1: Short essay, due September 17:
• Week 3: Technology [Sept 13, 15, 17, 1999]:
  
• Week 4: Computer Crime [Sept 20, 22, 24, 1999]:
  
• Week 5: Security and Privacy [Sept 27, 29, Oct 1, 1999]:
  
• Week 6: The Information Society [Oct 4, 6, 8, 1999]:
  
• Week 7: Risks of Computer Use [Oct 11, 13, 15, 1999]:
  Access the web: you should access the course web page and look at the "Privacy" links, due Oct 11:
  Quiz 1: A 15-minute quiz covering ethics, in class Oct 13:
• Week 8: Artificial Intelligence [Oct 18, 20, 22, 1999]:
  Select a term project topic: You must turn in an idea for a topic by Oct 20:
• Week 9: Workspace Issues [Oct 25, 27, 29, 1999]:
  
• Week 10: Computers in Education [Nov 1, 3, 5, 1999]:
  Refine the term project topic: You must turn in an improved description of your topic on Nov 3:
• Week 11: Extra Topic [Nov 8, 10, 12, 1999]:
  Quiz 2: A 15-minute quiz covering the "Topics Web Pages": Avoiding Risks, Anti-technologist, Identification, Agents, and Anonymity, in class Nov 10:
• Week 12: Extra Topic [Nov 15, 17, 19, 1999]:
  
• Week 13: Extra Topic [Nov 22, 24, 1999 (Nov 25-26 is Thanksgiving Holiday)]:
  Ooutline of term project: You must turn in a project outline on or before Nov 24:
• Week 14: Extra Topic [Nov 29, Dec 1, 3, 1999]:
  Assignment 1: Second Short essay, due December 1: (Topic to be announced.)
• Week 15: Leeway and Wrapup [Dec 6, 8, 1999 (Dec 9-10 are Study Days)]:
  Final project: You must turn in the final completed project on or before December 8, 1999:

• Intellectual Property.
• Legal Issues.
• Indepth: Computer Games.
• Indepth: Virutal Communities.
• Computers in Warfare.
• Indepth: U.S. cryptography policy.