PHIL-COIS 3370H: Cyberethics
Discussion Part:
• DiscussionModule 1: 3Questions: Each question Write from 150 to 200 Words
Q1. Allen Wood says argues that relativism is self-defeating. Why does he think so? Is he right? Is relativism self-defeating or not?
Q2. Do you think the increased use of computers has changed our lives for better or for worse? In what ways do you feel that it has made life better, and in what ways do you feel it has made life worse? Discuss in reference to what other students said.
Q3. Tell everyone a bit about yourself ( Gari, Nawaf) and do so ,What are your hobbies and interests? What do you hope to learn from the course? Do So as you like but keep the major as it’s and the name I gave above (Gari, Nawaf)
Example: Hi everyone, my name is “Edwinds James”, I’m a second year student majoring in computer science. My hobbies are many for example i love swimming specially at this time of the year becuase i prfer to swim outdoor rather than indoor swimming pool. i play volleyball almost every friday evening. i am really intererting in travelling to see other parts of the world, other people’s cultures, as a fact tham i’m an international student here at Trent University, i am glad that i came to Canada to have such an experience of how life is in Canada. what i really hope to learn from this course is how to deal with online courses becuase of the fact that this is my first online course i have ever taken in my life. Moreover,I would hope to learn the ethical issues in using computers becuase as i mentioned above my major is computer science so i guess it is important for me to to understand ethical issues i using computers.
• DiscuessionModule 2: 4Questions: Each question Write from 150 to 200 Words
Q1. Consider the internet viral videos of “the Star Wars Kid” and the “Bus uncle”. If you’re not familiar with them, look them up. Is it morally acceptable to post a photo or video of someone on the Internet without their permission? Why or why not? Are there specific kinds of situations when it is acceptable or when it is unacceptable?
Q2. Do you agree or disagree with Mill’s “Harm Principle”: that people can do anything they like as long as it does not harm others. Why? Is there anything that people cannot or should not do, even if it doesn’t harm anyone else?
Q3. Richard Posner notes that mainstream media is becoming more polarized politically. Posner says it’s not as bad as that may seem. Why does he say so? Is he right? Do you think that this is a good thing or a bad thing?
Q5. Alvin Goldman and Richard Posner disagree about the value of the blogosphere. Who do you think is right and why?
HomeWork Part:
homeworkModule 1: Four Questions: Each question Write from 150 to 200 Words
Q1. In his article, James Moor asks, “What is it about computers that makes them revolutionary?” Explain his answer to this question.
Q2. James Moor’s discusses how computers often operate invisibly. Explain the three kinds of invisibility he discusses, and why he thinks the three ways in which computers are invisible are ethically significant.
Q3. In your own words, explain Allen Wood’s problems with ethical relativism
Q4. Allen Wood lists four ideas that he thinks should be distinguished from relativism. In your own words, explain the four ideas, and how he thinks they’re different from relativism.
homeworkModule 2: Four Questions: Each question Write from 150 to 200 Words
Q1. On p. 3 of our excerpt from On Liberty, Mill talks about the “tyranny of the majority”. What is the tyranny of the majority? And explain his reasons to be worried about it.
Q2. On p. 6 of our excerpt from On Liberty, Mill writes that there is “one very simple principle” regarding how society ought to deal “with its individual members in matters involving compulsion and control, whether through physical force in the form of legal penalties or through the moral coercion of public opinion.” Explain this principle and why he thinks it is true.
Q3. What does Alvin Goldman mean by filtering, and why does he think it is important?
Q4. On p. 22 of our excerpt from On Liberty, Mill makes a distinction between a dead dogma and a living truth. What does he mean by this? And why is it important?
Articles:
For All Module 1 Questions: use this articles to answer 1st Discussion and Homworks of Module 1
• Nicholar Carr. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic, July/August 2008.
• James Moor, “What is Computer Ethics?” Metaphilosophy, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1985. (Note: link is through the Trent Library Catalogue.)
• James Fieser, “Ethics,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ISSN 2161–0002, http://www.iep.utm.edu/, April 25, 2015.
• Allen Wood, “Relativism.”
Articles:
For All Module 2 Questions: use this articles to answer 2ed Discussion and Homworks of Module 2
• John Stuart Mill, Excerpt from Mill’s On Liberty.pdf in the version presented by Jonathan Bennett at www.earlymoderntexts.com.
• Lawrence Lessig, the first half of Chapter 12 “Free Speech”, from Code Version 2.0 (pdf), pp. 233–250. Available freely at http://www.codev2.cc.
• Richard Posner, “Bad News”, New York Times, July 31, 2005.
• Alvin Goldman, “The Social Epistemology of Blogging”, in J. van den Hoven and J. Weckert, eds., Information Technology and Moral Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77LXnlR7K0&feature=youtu.be
Additional Questions in Module 2: Multiple Choice:
Please Answer this 4 questions from the pictures below, choose the right answer from each picture and type the as (a, b, c, d) and what compatible to the question above it,
Q. 11. Regarding the view about whether the states possession at the truth allows them to suppress opposing opinions, John Stuart Mill believes that:
YOUR SOLUTION IS: ( __,_____,_____,_____)
Q7. Which of the Following best describes Lessug’s view on free-speech regulation on the internet?
YOUR SOLUTION IS: ( __,_____,_____,_____)
Q6. Which of the Following best describes Goldman’s belief about Filtering?
YOUR SOLUTION IS: ( __,_____,_____,_____)
Q1. Regarding what a society can do to its individuals, John Stuart Mill Believes
YOUR SOLUTION IS: ( __,_____,_____,_____)