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8/21 | Welcome & Overview | |||
8/23 | Case Study: Therac-25 |
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8/28 | Reading Arguments | Writing Arguments (WA) 1 & 2 | ||
8/30 | Utilitarianism | Quinn Chapter 2 | ||
9/4 | Deontology & Social Contract Theory | Quinn Chapter 2, continued | Reading the Argument of a Current Article | |
9/6 | Core & Logical Structure of Arguments | WA 3 & 4 | ||
9/11 | Stakeholder Analysis & Virtue Ethics |
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Please come to class with a short quote from one of the readings that you find interesting. | |
9/13 | Professional Ethics |
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9/18 | Freedom of Speech & Networked Communications | Quinn Chapter 3 | Applying Ethical Frameworks to a Dilemma | |
9/20 | Do Artifacts Have Politics? | "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" by Langdon Winner (electronic reserve) | ||
9/25 | Evidence |
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9/27 | Privacy |
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10/2 | Privacy and the Government |
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Term Paper Proposals | |
10/4 | Discussion of Term Paper Proposals & Midterm Review |
Come to class prepared to tell everyone about your term paper topic. | ||
10/9 | Midterm | |||
10/11 | Moving your Audience & Responding to Alternate Views | WA 6 & 7 | ||
10/18 | Intellectual Property | Quinn Chapter 4, through end of 4.6 | ||
10/23 | Software as Intellectual Property | Quinn Chapter 4, continued (4.7-end) | ||
10/25 | Visual Argument | Visual & Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making by Tufte | Term Paper Outline | |
10/30 | The Patriot Act | Wikipedia Articles: | ||
11/1 |
When do People Cheat? Ethical Conduct in the Real World |
Chapter from "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely (electronic reserve) | ||
11/6 | Online Voting and Voting Machines |
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11/8 | Computer Reliability & Software Warranties | Quinn Chapter 8.1-8.4, 8.7-8.8 | ||
11/13 | Simulation |
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11/15 | Term Paper Discussion | Come to class prepared to talk about your term paper | Term Papers | |
11/20, 11/22 | No class--Happy Thanksgiving! | |||
11/27 | Work and Wealth | Quinn 10.1-10.4, 10.6 | ||
11/29 | The Participation Divide |
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12/4 | Alone Together | Introduction to Alone Together by Sherry Turkle (electronic reserve) | ||
12/6 | Final Exam Review |
Readings and assignments are subject to change.