Objectives

This class, being the first of the semester, has the objectives of setting out the purpose of the course in the broader context of a computer science curriculum (though it is recognized that some non-majors do take this course), to explain the methodologies to be used in the study of the topic, and the class organization. The primary outcome of this class should be an understanding of "community values", how they come about and how they affect our daily lives.

Class Notes

In-Class project

Reading

• Computer Science as a profession; The Computing Sciences Accreditation Board definition, 1997.

References

• Forester, Tom, and Morrison, Perry. COMPUTER ETHICS: CAUTIONARY TALES AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN COMPUTING. MIT Press, 1990. viii, 193, paperback, $10.95. Chapter 1.
• Bowyer, Kevin W. ETHICS and Computing: Living Responsibly in a Computerized World, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos CA, 1996, xvi, 449, paperback.
• An on-line collection of materials on Ethical Theory, if you want to go a little more deeply into the subject, is available.
• A Bibliography of Bibliographies