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All reading and homework assignments are due the day of. Click on the link for more info. The readings with a &dagger next to them are optional, though recommended.

Computer Ethics
DAY TOPIC READING FILM H/W
Tue 7/31 Intro to unit; Property rights – A Very Shory History of Computer Ethics
– CyberEthics 23-33 (also available online: What is Computer Ethics?)
– CyberEthics 222-235
 tbd
Wed
8/1 		Should programs be owned? – The Economy of Ideas
– The Open Source Movement
– So you want to be a pirate?
– Intellectual Property Law†
– USPTO†
Thu 8/2 Napster, P2P – Napster overview
– Napster's Copyright Policy
– skim the RIAA's Digital Music Laws
– The Next Economy of Ideas
– speakout at napster†
– EFF article on court decision†
– Poke around StopNapster.com†
– student project on Napster†
– P2P pages†
– Digital Milennium Copyright Act†
Fri 8/3 Censorship – Free Speech Online
– Censorware [EFF's site on internet filters]
– Reading, Writing, and Cyberporn [Concerned Women for America]
– Some good censorship links†
Mon 8/6 Privacy; Democracy; Virtual Communities – Toward a theory of privacy in the information age CyberEthics 200-212
– Litte Brother is Watching You CyberEthics 155-162†
– Is the Global Information Structure a Limited Technology? CyberEthics 304-318
– The Artificial Intelligentsia and Virtual WorldsCyberEthics 142-151
 HW 5
Tue 8/7 Expert Systems and Moral Responsibility – Think About It: Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems
– AI and Expert Systems
– When HAL Kills, Who's to Blame? 		2001 (HAL clip)
Wed 8/8 Robot Ethics – How Computers Extend Artifical Morality by Peter Danielson [in phil. dept. folder]
– Toward the Ethical Robot [figures in phil. dept. folder]
 Bladerunner (replicant test clip)
Thu 8/9 Do Robots have rights? – The Ethics of Autonomous Learning Systems [in phil. dept. folder]
– Robots and Rights
– Could Computers Be Kantian Persons?†
– Alienable Rights by Marvin Minsky† 		A.I. Artificial Intelligence [go see it in theaters]
Fri 8/10 Computing and Philosophy Conference HW 6