CS 404 — Fall 2010

Ethics and Computers In Society

  • Overview
  • Schedule
  • Coursework
  • Group Presentations
  • Book List

Group Presentations

The following ethical explorations will be conducted during the semester, and presented in-class by student groups:

  1. To game or not to game...
  2. Copyright and fair use
  3. Content filtering and moral agency

For a full description of the expectations and guidelines, see the Group Presentation section of the Coursework page.


Case #1 — To Game Or Not To Game...

Summary

Innocent and healthy pasttime? Or destructively addictive waste of time?

Participants

  • Reed Allred
  • Barrett Anderson
  • Seth Brunner
  • Nathan Cerny
  • Joel Day
  • Scott Erickson
  • Sterling Hurd
  • Eric Noonan
  • Scott Sprague

Case #2 — Copyright and fair use

Summary

In an age of digitally perfect copies and creative mashups, what is and what should be protected by copyright law?

Participants

  • Ross Adamson
  • Nicholas Crandall
  • Chris Dalton
  • Joe Hawkins
  • David Hilton
  • Doug Joffa
  • Justin Page
  • Tyler Wright

Case #3 — Content filtering and moral agency

Summary

Moral agency is the ultimate protection against corrosive and addictive material. And yet, addictive material undermines agency. What to do?

Participants

  • Corby Campbell
  • Ben Carlson
  • Preston Cowley
  • Spencer Gardner
  • Earl Greathouse
  • Mark O'Neill
  • Aaron Szymanski
  • Nick Vrvilo

© 2010 Charles Knutson — Updated:
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04 October 2010

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