Fall 2009
Instructor: Richard
Gordon
- Instructor:
- Richard Gordon
Office: 227LL UDCC (192 S. Chapel St.)
Office Hours: by appointment
Phone: (302) 831-1717
- Meeting Information:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
061 McKinly Lab
- Required Texts:
- Quinn, M. (2009) Ethics for the Information Age (3rd edition). (Quinn)
- Singh, S. (1999) The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. (Singh)
- An assortment of readings on the World-Wide Web and possibly at the UD Library's Reserve Room (as listed in the syllabus).
- Participation in the class area at http://sakai.udel.edu
The syllabus will be updated throughout the semester. Check the on-line version of the syllabus (http://www.udel.edu/richard/cisc355/syl.html) for the most recent reading assignments.This Syllabus was last updated on 11/19/09.
Date Assignment Tu 9/1
- Before coming to class, please complete this short survey.
- Before coming to class, please read these recent news articles:
- Ruling could let model find, sue online heckler (CNN 8/18/09)
Follow-up article: Outed model blogger plans to sue Google (CNN 8/25/09)- Frustrated tweets new headache for airlines (Reuters 8/19/09)
- Leagues See Bloggers in the Bleachers as a Threat (NY Times 8/19/09)
- Tylenol made a hero of Johnson & Johnson: The recall that started them all (NY Times 3/23/02)
- Wikipedia mocked by Stephen Colbert, The Onion (Ars Technica 8/1/06)
- Credibility of Wikipedia Takes a Dive After Wired Expose (Prison Planet 8/14/07)
- Encyclopedia Brittanica To Follow Modified Wikipedia Model (Wired 6/9/08)
- Fox Claims Wikipedia Whitewashes Obama's Past (Wired 3/9/09; updated 3/10/09)
- Before coming to class, review this 1-panel cartoon (Katherine Selkesky 2009).
- Finally, before coming to class, log into Sakai@UD to take your first quiz!
Th 9/3
- Plagiarism: Quinn pp. 477-480
- Quick History Lesson (Part 1): Quinn pp. 1-32
- Key Milestones in the development of Internet (AP 8/30/09) and Hobbes' Internet Timeline v8.2 (Robert H'obbes' Zakon 2006)
- Discussion of how we'll monitor current events
Tu 9/8
- Quick History Lesson (Part 2): Quinn pp. 32-52
- Continue discussion of Key Milestones in the development of Internet (AP 8/30/09) and Hobbes' Internet Timeline v8.2 (Robert H'obbes' Zakon 2006)
- Optional: Video of Len Kleinrock talking about the birth of the Internet (link with comment from geeks.co.uk to YouTube 2009)
- Discussion of course mechanics
- Assignment 1 Due: Available in Sakai@UD.
Th 9/10
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. xiii-xvii, 1-25
- Introduction to Ethics: Quinn pp. 53-56.
Tu 9/15
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 26-44
- Introduction to Ethics: Quinn pp. 56-60
- Quiz 04: In-class
End of free drop/add period.
Th 9/17
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 45-63
- Introduction to Ethics: Relativism: Quinn pp. 60-66
- Assignment 2 Due: Published in Sakai on 9/15.
Tu 9/22
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh read pp. 63-82, skim pp. 82-100 (note first full paragraph on p. 95)
- Introduction to Ethics: With God on our Side: Quinn pp. 66-69
Th 9/24
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 101-142
Tu 9/29
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 143-189
Th 10/1
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh p. 191 - end of 1st paragraph on p. 202
- Introduction to Ethics: Kant & the Categorical Imperative: Quinn pp. 69-74
Tu 10/6
- Introduction to Ethics: Utilitarianism: Quinn pp. 74-82
Th 10/8
- Introduction to Ethics: Social Contract Theory: Quinn pp. 83-91
- The Ethical Toolkit: Quinn pp. 91-96
Tu 10/13
- Another Perspective on Ethical Decision-Making: Chapter 1 from Rushworth Kidder's How Good People Make Tough Choices (Institute for Global Ethics 1995, revised 2005)
- Questions and Interview with James Moor: Quinn pp. 97-105
Th 10/15
- Virtue Ethics: Quinn: pp. 399-402
- Walter Maner's Summary of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
- Ethics of Care (aka "feminist ethics"):
Robert Cavalier's Ethics of Care (Carnegie Mellon University 2002)
Feminist Ethics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2009) ethics)Tu 10/20
- Network Issues (Part 1): Quinn pp. 107-124, 136-144
- Longer quiz on Introduction to Ethics section Due.
- Probably will be a daily quiz today, too!
Th 10/22
- Network Issues (Part 2--Porn and Censorship and Children): Quinn pp. 124-136
- An additional reading TBA
- Network Issues (Summary): Quinn pp. 144-158
Tu 10/27
- Intellectual Property: Quinn pp. 159-170
- Property and Intellectual Property: The basics (Lecture; additional reading TBA)
Last day to change registration or withdraw from a course without academic penalty.
Th 10/29
- Intellectual Property: Quinn: pp. 171-191
Tu 11/3
- Intellectual Property: Quinn pp. 191-218
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 243-252
Th 11/5
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 252-267
- Privacy: Quinn: pp. 219-230
Tu 11/10
- Case Study: History of Encryption: Singh pp. 268-316
- Privacy: Quinn: pp. 266-273
Th 11/12
- Privacy: Quinn: pp. 230-266 and 273-292
- Longer quiz on Encryption and Privacy Due.
Tu 11/17
- Computer and Network Security: Quinn: pp. 293-318
Th 11/19
- Computer and Network Security: Quinn: pp. 318-339
Tu 11/24
- Computer Reliability: Quinn: pp. 341-355
- Wikipedia article on Product Liability
Th 11/26 No class. Thanksgiving.
Tu 12/1
- Computer Reliability: Quinn: pp. 355-384
Th 12/3
- Professional Ethics: Quinn: pp. 385-427
Tu 12/8
- Readings TBA.
?? 12/??
- Last class meeting in lieu of final exam.
- There will be an Assignment and possibly a long quiz due as well.
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