Exam Review Slides
Quiz 1 (Privacy and Freedom of Speech)
Quiz 2 (IP, Crime, Work, Tech, Errors, and Professional Ethics)
Human Nature, Ethics, Morals, and the Law • Frameworks and Arguments • Notes on the Text • Privacy • Freedom of Speech
Intellectual Property • Cybercrime • Work • Evaluating Technology • Errors • Professional Ethics
Special Topic: Computing For Social Good
Human Nature, Ethics, Morals, and the Law
"Guilt Trip", by Ruth Whippman, NY Times 2/11/2013
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/guilt-trip/
Is guilt a private, moral feeling and shame a public, ethical feeling?
Are Ethical People Happier? A Study by Harvey S. James, Jr. and Athanasios G. Chymis of the University of Missouri
A study finds that doing the right thing pays tangible benefits.
"Germany and Drones", by Lucian Kim, NY Times 2/5/2013
http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/germany-and-drones/
Are armed drones "ethically neutral?"
"Florence and the Drones", By David Brooks, NY Times 2/7/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/opinion/brooks-florence-and-the-drones.html?_r=0
From a pragmatic viewpoint, do leaders have to be cruel to be kind?
"Drones for America", Op-ed cartoon By Drew Christie, NY Times 2/18/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/opinion/drones-for-america.html?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20130219
Ban Autonomous Weapons
https://autonomousweapons.org
Drone Signature Strikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REgXpGKB2O8
‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon, By Scott Shane and Daisuke Wakabayashi, NY Times 4/4/2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html
"Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract That Upset Employees", By Scott Shane and Daisuke Wakabayashi, NY Times 6/1/2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/technology/google-pentagon-project-maven.html
Video: "Personal Ethics And the Future of the World", narrated by Meg Ryan, produced by David Hoffman
Themes from the documentary:
Ethical Dilemma is never a choice of absolute right or wrong
"Ethical Fitness"
Respect for-
Self
Reality
Community
Life
Future
Cognitive Bias
Critique: "The Silver Bullet Syndrome: A Critique of Decision Analysis", By Tony Scarlatos, 2010
How good are humans at making rational choices? Limitations of Decision Analysis appear on page 3.
Video: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E
Video: "John Cleese on Stupidity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVPdyYeaQU
Overestimation of competence is proportional to lack of expertise.
Bill Gates’ review of Hans Rosling’s book, “Factfulness”
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Factfulness
Video: “How Not To Be Ignorant About The World”, Hans Rosling TED Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world
Interactive: World Health Organization data from GapMinder.org (Hans Rosling)
https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$chart-type=bubbles
Visualization of trends in world health and wealth that contradict popular misconceptions.
Factfulness 10 Rules of Thumb
https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness/instincts/
Ten cognitive biases that obscure an accurate view of the world.
“The Overton Window”, Mackinac Center
https://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow
The possible is constrained by the political.
Why do "good people" do unethical things?
Short Story: "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas", By Ursula Le Guin, 1973
http://engl210-deykute.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/omelas.pdf
Le Guin's timeless Sci-Fi short story about a profound ethical dilemma, winner of the Hugo Award
"The Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments", By Ali Almossawi (Author) and Alejandro Giraldo (Illustrator), Published by The Experiment, 2014
https://bookofbadarguments.com
Amusing compendium of illogical arguments
"The Baloney Detection Kit", By Maria Popova
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/
Carl Sagan's rules for logical argument
Video: "The Fallacy Project: Examples of fallacies from advertising, politics, and popular culture", 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLTQi7vVsI
Bad arguments highlighted in the video:
Slippery Slope
Red Herring
Non-Sequitur
Post Hoc
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Appeal to False Authority
Hasty Generalization
Framework for resolving ethical dilemmas
https://crenshawconsultingassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EESE_EthicalDecisionmakingFramework.pdf
"Bills of the Rich and Famous", NY Times 2/11/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/opinion/hawaii-grapples-with-the-steven-tyler-act.html?_r=0
Do celebrities have the right to be protected from the paparazzi even in public places?
"Victimized by Credit Reports", NY Times 2/12/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/opinion/victimized-by-credit-reports.html
A study by the Federal Trade Commission.
"Alan F. Westin, Who Transformed Privacy Debate Before the Web Era, Dies at 83", By Margali Fox, NY Times 2/22/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/alan-f-westin-scholar-who-defined-right-to-privacy-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"If You’re Collecting Our Data, You Ought to Protect It", By Natasha Singer, NY Times 2/16/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/technology/if-youre-collecting-our-data-you-ought-to-protect-it.html?_r=0
Whistleblowers and a major privacy breach at NASA.
"A Step Toward E-Mail Privacy", NY Times editorial 12/8/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/opinion/sunday/a-step-toward-e-mail-privacy.html
Amendment to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
"A Vault for Taking Charge of Your Online Life", By Natasha Singer, NY Times 12/8/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/business/company-envisions-vaults-for-personal-data.html?pagewanted=all
Reputation.com offers clients "personal identity management services".
"Researchers Find 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software", By Nicole Perlroth, NY Times 3/13/2013
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/researchers-find-25-countries-using-surveillance-software/
"How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet", By Kate Murphy, NY Times 5/2/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/technology/personaltech/how-to-muddy-your-tracks-on-the-internet.html
"Trying to Keep Your E-Mails Secret When the C.I.A. Chief Couldn’t", By Nicole Perlroth, NY Times 11/16/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/technology/trying-to-keep-your-e-mails-secret-when-the-cia-chief-couldnt.html?pagewanted=all
"Steps to Guard Against Identity Fraud", By Ann Carrns, NY Times 2/21/2013
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/steps-to-guard-against-identity-fraud/
"Surveillance Under the USA PATRIOT Act", ACLU 12/10/2010
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/surveillance-under-usa-patriot-act
"Edward Snowden is No Hero", By Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker 6/10/2013
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/06/edward-snowden-nsa-leaker-is-no-hero.html
"Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations", Interview By Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, The Guardian 6/9/2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance
Video: "Edward Snowden - Spies and the Law", BBC Panorama Documentary, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofz7ZqFqFkA
Video: "Before PRISM there was Total Information Awareness", MSNBC, 7/1/2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ozUggvWqoI
Video: Cafe scene from "Nosedive", Black Mirror Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLc2E4P87QE
Video: "China's social credit system keeps a critical eye on everyday behavior", CBS Evening News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onm6Sb3Pb2Y
The Tor Project: Anonymity Online
https://www.torproject.org/
DuckDuckGo: Search with no tracking
https://duckduckgo.com/
"WikiLeaks and Free Speech", By Michael Moore and Oliver Stone, NY Times 8/20/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/opinion/wikileaks-and-the-global-future-of-free-speech.html?_r=0
"Twitter’s Free Speech Defender", By Somini Sengupta, NY Times 12/2/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/technology/twitter-chief-lawyer-alexander-macgillivray-defender-free-speech.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"On Web, a Fine Line on Free Speech Across the Globe", By Somini Sengupta, NY Times 9/16/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/technology/on-the-web-a-fine-line-on-free-speech-across-globe.html
"When the Web’s Chaos Takes an Ugly Turn", By Jenna Wortham, NY Times 10/20/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/technology/a-reddit-forum-prompts-questions-of-where-to-draw-a-line.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Feigning Free Speech on Campus", By Greg Lukianoff, NY Times 10/24/2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/opinion/feigning-free-speech-on-campus.html?_r=0
"Death to Whistle-Blowers?", By Floyd Abrams and Yochai Benkler, NY Times 3/13/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/opinion/the-impact-of-the-bradley-manning-case.html?_r=0
Video: "Free Speech For Sale", Bill Moyers Special, 2011
http://billmoyers.com/content/free-speech-for-sale/
Video: "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech", By Liz Garbus, HBO, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiQXXy48EA
Intellectual Property (Part 1)
Intellectual Property (Part 2)
"STEVE JOBS IMAGE: When two artists hit upon the same great idea", By Michael Cavna, Washington Post 10/10/2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/steve-jobs-image-when-two-artists-hit-upon-the-same-great-idea/2011/10/09/gIQAbNm1ZL_blog.html
"Image Rights vs. Free Speech in Video Game Suit", By Katie Thomas, NY Times, 11/15/2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/sports/16videogame.html
"Are Human Genes Patentable?", NY Times Editorial Board, 4/14/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/are-human-genes-patentable.html
Video: "Revolution OS", Wonderview Productions, Directed by J.T.S. Moore
Free Software Definition:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Open Source Definition:
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar", by Eric Raymond
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/index.html
"Closing the Door on Hackers", By Mark Maifret, NY Times, 4/4/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/opinion/closing-the-door-on-hackers.html?_r=0
Trustworthy Computing Memo, By Bill Gates
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/jan12/GatesMemo.aspx
"The Idealist", By Justin Peters, Slate 2/7/2013
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/02/aaron_swartz_he_wanted_to_save_the_world_why_couldn_t_he_save_himself.html
"Why the Prosecution of Internet Activist Aaron Swartz Matters to You, Personally", By Simon Dumenco, Advertising Age 1/21/2013
http://adage.com/article/the-media-guy/prosecution-aaron-swartz-matters/239289/
"Yahoo Orders Home Workers Back to the Office", By Claire Cain Miller and Catherine Rampell, NY Times, 2/25/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/technology/yahoo-orders-home-workers-back-to-the-office.html?pagewanted=all
"Location, Location, Location", NY Times Editorial, 3/2/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/opinion/sunday/working-from-home-vs-the-office.html
"Retailers Track Employee Thefts in Vast Databases", By Stephanie Clifford and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, NY Times, 4/2/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/business/retailers-use-databases-to-track-worker-thefts.html?pagewanted=all
Video: "How Technology Will Transform Us", talk by Ray Kurzweil, TED Talks
http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html
http://www.singularity.com/themovie/Questions_and_Answers_on_the_Singularity.pdf
Video: "What Technology Wants", talk by Kevin Kelly,
TEDxSF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF-5CMozGWY
ACM letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee Regarding the Total Information Awareness agency, 2003
http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/acm-letter.php
"Computer experts meet to debate SDI feasibility", By Derek Chiou, MIT's The Tech, 10/25/1985
http://tech.mit.edu/V105/N44/sdibat.44n.html
Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
ACM Code of Ethics
http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics/#CONTENTS
IEEE Code of Ethics
http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html
"Facebook is Good for Science", By Clifford Lampe, The Chronicle of Higher Education 7/8/2014
http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2014/07/08/facebook-is-good-for-science/
"Facebook's Unethical Experiment", By Katy Waldman, Slate.com
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/06/facebook_unethical_experiment_it_made_news_feeds_happier_or_sadder_to_manipulate.html