Ethc
Prince Sultan University
By: Mrs. Omarine Al Rafie
Schedule of Assessment Research Project 18% *Case Scenario 03% Homework 07% 2 Quizzes 14% Major Exam 18% Final 40% 100%
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Course Outline
1. 2. 3.
Introduction: Why computer ethics?
Ethics and Information Technology Ethics in IT-Configured Societies
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5. 6. 7.
Information Flow, Privacy & Surveillance
Digital Intellectual Property Digital Order Professional Ethics in Computing
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Chapter One
1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Introduction: Why computer ethics?
Ethics and Information Technology Ethics in IT-Configured Societies Information Flow, Privacy & Surveillance Digital Intellectual Property Digital Order Professional Ethics in Computing
4
Scenarios
1.1 A Virtual Rape 1.2 Surprises About Social Networking 1.3 RFID and Caring for the Elderly
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Introduction
WHY Computer Ethics?
1- Why does IT create ethical issues? 2- Do we need a special field of study for IT ethics?
3- Why isn’t this just considered an ethics course, period?
4- What’s the best way to understand and resolve ethical issues in IT?
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Agree, or Disagree?
The study of computer ethics is the study of human beings and society
Technology is neutral – “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
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The Standard Account
New Possibilities, a Vacuum of Policies, Conceptual Muddles
The Standard Account – James Moor, 1985 an article entitled “What is Computer Ethics?” New technologies seem to pose ethical issues when they create new possibilities for human action
Scenarios Virtual worlds, online communication, new tracking possibilities
New possibilities “technologies” are not always good, they may effect different ppl differently
(cars air pollution, nuclear power nuclear waste)
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(cont)
James Moor (1985) idea is that the task of CE is to fill policy vacuums
Example (not just new technologies, they change overtime): Early days
By: Mrs. Omarine Al Rafie
Schedule of Assessment Research Project 18% *Case Scenario 03% Homework 07% 2 Quizzes 14% Major Exam 18% Final 40% 100%
2
Course Outline
1. 2. 3.
Introduction: Why computer ethics?
Ethics and Information Technology Ethics in IT-Configured Societies
4.
5. 6. 7.
Information Flow, Privacy & Surveillance
Digital Intellectual Property Digital Order Professional Ethics in Computing
3
Chapter One
1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Introduction: Why computer ethics?
Ethics and Information Technology Ethics in IT-Configured Societies Information Flow, Privacy & Surveillance Digital Intellectual Property Digital Order Professional Ethics in Computing
4
Scenarios
1.1 A Virtual Rape 1.2 Surprises About Social Networking 1.3 RFID and Caring for the Elderly
5
Introduction
WHY Computer Ethics?
1- Why does IT create ethical issues? 2- Do we need a special field of study for IT ethics?
3- Why isn’t this just considered an ethics course, period?
4- What’s the best way to understand and resolve ethical issues in IT?
6
Agree, or Disagree?
The study of computer ethics is the study of human beings and society
Technology is neutral – “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
7
The Standard Account
New Possibilities, a Vacuum of Policies, Conceptual Muddles
The Standard Account – James Moor, 1985 an article entitled “What is Computer Ethics?” New technologies seem to pose ethical issues when they create new possibilities for human action
Scenarios Virtual worlds, online communication, new tracking possibilities
New possibilities “technologies” are not always good, they may effect different ppl differently
(cars air pollution, nuclear power nuclear waste)
8
(cont)
James Moor (1985) idea is that the task of CE is to fill policy vacuums
Example (not just new technologies, they change overtime): Early days