CS 4001A:  Computing and Society
Fall 2006
Midterm Exam

October 19, 2006

 

1.     Completion, fill-in, etc. 

In the space provided, answer each of the following

  1. One way that professional ethics differs from ethics in general is

 

 

  1. In argumentation, reading as a believer means

 

 

 

  1. Georgia Tech’s IP policy related to student’s work is

 

 

 

  1. An enthymeme is

 

 

2.     Short answer.

In the space provided, answer each of the following

  1. Socrates and the Sophists differed on their view of the goal of an argument.  State and compare Socrates’ and the Sophists’ goals of an argument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Briefly explain the utilitarian perspective of ethics, and identify a well-known proponent of utilitarianism.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is the difference between ethical principles and legal principles?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. CALEA

1.      What is it?

2.      What obstacles is it designed to overcome?

3.      Why did privacy advocates object to it?

 

 

3.     Case study, analysis, etc.

Select one of the following.

a.       You work for a small software company that has been hired to write software for a chain of bookstores that offer free Internet access while customers are in the store.  The company wants you to write code to gather all e-mail addresses sent unencrypted over its wireless LAN.  Is writing the software ethical?  What might someone in this situation do?  Analyze the problem from utilitarian and deontological points of view.