HW 1 - “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
Please read the Hugo award-winning short story by Ursula LeGuin entitled, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” You can find a .pdf of the story here:
https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~tony/itethics/omelas.pdf
HW 2 - Bad Arguments Hall of Shame
Here are some resources related to bad arguments:
https://bookofbadarguments.com
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloneydetectionkitcarlsagan/
Your job is to find examples of bad arguments from the press, politics, economics, advertising, and so on. Include a link to the article, or interview, or video clip, and give a brief synopsis. Then state which bad arguments you identified. Ad hominem? Slippery slope? Straw man? No true Scotsman? Appeal to irrelevant authority? Nonsequitur? Equivocation? Call out the phrase that triggered your “BS detector”. Find three examples. One guideline: seek out reputable news organizations and media outlets, not partisan blogs or forums, or crank social media posts.
HW 3 - Cognitive Bias
Review the resources provided below.
Bill Gates’ review of Hans Rosling’s book, “Factfulness”
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Factfulness
“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 (18 1/2 min)
Rosling’s research foundation online
https://www.gapminder.org
10 Instincts Rule of Thumb
https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness/instincts/
HW 4 - Ethical Philosophies
Review these frameworks for thinking about the foundations of moral and ethical philosophies.
1) Moral Foundations Theory (Jonathan Haidt):
https://moralfoundations.org
Care/Harm
Fairness/Cheating
Loyalty/Betrayal
Authority/Subversion
Sanctity/Degradation
Liberty/Oppression
2) Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau - Social Contract Theories Compared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgU6o4nZQc
3) "Just World Hypothesis", By Myles Dyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1nbDHd-iB0
HW 5 - Computing for Social Good
What is Computing for Social Good?
To help you answer this question I have found a number of resources that I have linked below for you to review. There are interviews, articles, and short documentaries about experiments in this emerging field of research.
• Ellen Zegura, Associate Chair, CS dept at GA Tech, and director of the Computing for Good program:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpzQgZw_L30
• GA Tech Data Science for Social Good program:
https://www.news.gatech.edu/2014/06/30/georgia-tech-uses-data-science-promotesocial-good
• Jennifer Pahlka interview with Walter Isaacson on PBS Amanpour & Co:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/jennifer-pahlka-founder-codeamerica-sdocgx/
• University of Chicago Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ndznCKjg4
HW 6 - Ethical Issues
Please review the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct at https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
Then review the Ask An Ethicist at https://ethics.acm.org/integrity-project/ask-anethicist/
Please also review the video about autonomous vehicles at https://ethics.acm.org/integrity-project/
HW 7 - Legal Issues
Please review the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct at https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
Please also review the ACM Code of Ethics case studies at https://www.acm.org/codeof-ethics/case-studies
HW 8 - Professional Responsibilities
Please review the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct at https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
Then review the ACM Code of Ethics case studies at https://www.acm.org/code-ofethics/case-studies