The author describes a systematic program for the inclusion of ethical and social issues in computing technology throughout courses in the Computer Science curriculum at Seattle Pacific University.
This single-course approach, especially as a capstone-type course for Seniors, provides an opportunity for students with background in the discipline to apply their technical knowledge-and one hopes the maturity of four years' college experience-to issues they may soon face. The first is largely completed: finding the intersections and integrating computer ethics topics into the computer science major curriculum.
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Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PPT. Download Free PDF. Iboro Ndiokho. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Translate PDF. One who computes 2. An apparatus for performing mathematical computations electronically according to a series of stored instructions called a program.
Johnson74 Some people fear that if the government has too much control over information, their privacy will be compromised. Those who do not want to see computers in the hands of the government but rather in the hands of individuals, oppose the centralization of power. This idea of the centralization of power coincides with the concept that technology contributes to feeling of alienation.
Alienation has to do with loss of control in the world in which one lives. This is visible in the fact that because of increased technology advancements, computers have taken over jobs that once belonged to people. An example of this is the concept of artificial intelligence AI. This is an attempt by computer experts to simulate the components of human intelligence through machines.
Forester It degrades the human condition to replace humans with intelligent machines, so is this really necessary? This ties in with the original dilemma about the power manifested in technology. It is of key importance that those who hold such power do not abuse it. Computer technology brings about a whole new field of ethical dilemmas.
From computer crime to privacy to the power of computer professionals, this technology has shifted the way the business world must think about ethical decisions. Yet this is difficult because there is no overarching positive ethical force in the American business community. Combined with the fact that technology changes so rapidly, it is hard to establish firm moral codes of conduct regarding computers and follow them strictly.
There are many gray areas for which to account. Many times people chose to blame the computers when they run into trouble. In reality, however, it is the people that make the mistakes because they are the ones that created the technology. Page R. Turn and W. Indeed, an interesting exercise for the reader would be to determine to what extent the conclusions of this article, now almost years old, hold for computer technology. It would have been a bit easier to read, though, if the numerous phrases in legal Latin had been translated.
Page Part 4 focuses on the power for communicating, planning, and analyzing accruing to a computer user: Do computers promote the centralization or the decentralization of power, and which is better? Unfortunately, no philosophers seem to have written on this topic; at least, none are included. Page Fortunately, though, we are also given two fine essays by computer scientists who are philosophically sophisticated.
I only wish more of his writings had been included in other sections of this anthology. Page The final Part, on software as property, harks back to Part 2. Diehr, which concluded that some software is patentable, and Apple Computer v. Franklin Computer, which came down on the side of copyrighting software. His essay also includes a brief, but valuable, discussion of the nature of computers and computer programs.
A student would do well to read this for useful background information before studying the other articles. Surely there are ethical issues here. If these problems with the book are the fault of the editors, then it would be nice to see a better anthology. Page William J. This is not an approximation of the appearance of the original printed page.
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