Tentative Schedule
Note
This schedule is incomplete and tentative. Its purpose is to give you a general idea of the course structure and topics. Consult Canvas and Perusall for assignment due dates.
| Date | Before Classs | In Class Assigment |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Aug 22 | N/A | Survey |
| Tue, Aug 27 | Bynum, “Computer Ethics,” SEP articles form 2001 | Topics in computer ethics post Bynum 2001 |
| Thu, Aug 29 | Association for Computing Machinery Code of Ethics | ACM case studies |
| Tue, Sep 3 | Rehg, Cogent Cyberethics, chap. 1, “Digital Technology and Cyberethics” | Are ICTs value neutral? |
| Thu, Sep 5 | Rehg, CC, chap. 2, “Aristotelian Virtue Ethics” | |
| Tue, Sep 10 | Danaher, Automation and Utopia, pp. 1–3, 87–106 | Theories of well-being |
| Thu, Sep 12 | Danaher, Automation and Utopia, pp. 106–131 | Evaluate the serverance problem argument |
| Tue, Sep 17 | Rehg, CC, chap. 3, “Bentham and Consequentialism” | Consequentialism and predicitive policing |
| Thu, Sep 19 | Sheppard et al., The Spectrum of Encryption | Build a stakeholder table using Sheppard et al |
| Tue, Sep 24 | Rehg, CC, chap. 4, “Kant and the Ethics of Respect” | |
| Thu, Sep 26 | Moor, “Just Consequentialism and Computing” Optional: Rehg, CC, chap. 5, “Moor’s Just Consequentialism” |
Just consequentialism and predictive policing |
| Tue, Oct 1 | Rehg, CC, chap. 6, part 1, “A Comprehensive Cyberethics of Respect” | Practice DCE: Moral triggers and stakeholder analysis |
| Thu, Oct 3 | Rehg, CC, chap. 6, part 2, “A Comprehensive Cyberethics of Respect” | Practice DCE: Conceptual muddles and value clarification |
| Tue, Oct 8 | Rehg, CC, chap. 7, “Public Merits Assessment” | Practice DCE: Moral acceptablity and public merits |
| Thu, Oct 10 | Midterm readings and questions posted to Canvas. | Midterm prep day |
| Tue, Oct 15 | Continue midterm readings | No class, work on midterm |
| Thu, Oct 17 | Continue midterm readings | Midterm due |
| Tue, Oct 22 | Nguyen, “Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles” | |
| Thu, Oct 24 | N/A | Fall Break |
| Tue, Oct 29 | Barocas et al., Fairness and Machine Learning, pp.11–35 | Algorithm Auditing |
| Thu, Oct 31 | Mittelstadt et al., “The Ethics of Algorithms,” plus one article from https://github.com/comp-journalism/list-of-algorithm-audits | Algorithm Auditing (continued) |
| Tue, Nov 5 | Earp et al., “A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare” and the response by Bishop | Class debate on PPPP |
| Thu, Nov 7 | Reading decided by class vote | Group Presentation Prep Choose 3 Potential Cyberpractice |
| Tue, Nov 12 | Reading decided by class vote | Narrow it down to one Cyberpractice, |
| Thu, Nov 14 | Sample final paper; research your cyberpracitce | Presentation Work Day |
| Tue, Nov 19 | News article(s) assigned by presenters | Group Presentation and Q&A |
| Thu, Nov 21 | News article(s) assigned by presenters | Group Presentation and Q&A |
| Tue, Nov 26 | News article(s) assigned by presenters | Group Presentation and Q&A |
| Thu, Nov 28 | N/A | Thanksgiving |
| Tue, Dec 3 | News article(s) assigned by presenters | Group Presentation and Q&A |
| Thu, Dec 5 | News article(s) assigned by presenters | Group Presentation and Q&A |
Final Paper Due: Dec 13