CS 440 Computers, Ethics and Society

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CS 440 Computers, Ethics and Society

• Spring 2000
• Class 29
• April 13, 2000

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Thought for the Day
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Todays Agenda

• Are computer professionals really Professional?

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Last debate

• Debates on 4/20 and 4/25
• Write a summary of the two debates on the day you
  dont present (20th or 25th).
• Debate Summary due no later than April 27th.

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Debate teams 4/20

• Neo Luddites 4/20
• Pro-Luddite Ryan Varga, James Crownover, Bonita
  Oliver, Tony Barrile
• Anti-Luddite Misha Drlikova, George Washington,
  Jennifer Neumann
• European Privacy 4/20
• Yes Paul Wideman, Yancey Bond, Hattan Ahmed
• No Regina Covington, Emmanuel Allen, Antonio
  Wilder

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Debate teams 4/25

• SSN should be a Universal Identifier
• Yes Frank Chen, David Chen, Josh Sanders,
  Rondell Warren
• No Stephen Woods, Eric Trzecki, Dan Walsh,
  Crutcher Dunnavant
• Is the net hostile to women?
• Yes Dwight Clark, Valerie Paris, Chris Baker,
  Kim Poole
• No Mehul Vashi, Jenny Tsen, Jamie Yarbrough

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Reading Assignment

• Tuesday
• Baase, Chapter 10.3, 10.5
• AE 41, 42

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Todays Cartoon

• The cartoon that was here came from Randy
  Glassbergens Cartoon of the Day site.

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Are we a Profession?

• Typical Professions
• Characteristics of Professions
• Mastery of arcane body of knowledge
• Autonomy in their work
• Professional organization that sets standards.
• Important social function.

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Closing Exercise

• Write a paragraph response to
• Should we control technology?
• How can we control technology?