August 20 and 25 (Thu and Thu), 2020
HW1 assigned: exercises at the end of chs. 1 and 2 of textbook (referred to as
[B]), due on September 5, 2019. See elsewhere for details of submission.
Administrative information:
objectives, textbook, syllabus, grading policy.
Review of the three course websites.
The students are also asked to take the Ross-Barger philosophic
inventory (cf. ch.4 [B]).
The items in the agenda below were covered, except for item 11.
Agenda.
August 27 and September 1 (Thu and Thu), 2020 HW1 due date was changed: September 3 (Thursday) for Section 1 and September 8 (Tuesday) for Section 2. Definitions of computer ethics. Notes based on: James H. Moor. "What is Computer Ethics?" _Metaphilosopthy_, 16, 4 (October 1985), 266-275, and James, H. Moor. "Reason, Relativity, and Responsibility in Computer Ethics." In: Terrell Ward Bynum and Simon Rogerson (eds.). _Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility_. ISBN 1-85554-844-5. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. (In addition to Moor's article, the paper also contains historical and introductory material on the topic of Computer Ethics.) "Logical malleability," the Church-Turing thesis, the Turing Machines, and the claim of universality for the computer. The items in the agenda were covered; items 11 and 12 partly.
September 3 and 8 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW2 assigned, see on the main page (under Homework) for details. Presentation by Ms. Taryn Asbury of the CEC Satellite Office of the USC Career Center. The items in the agenda were covered.
September 10 and 15 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW2 assigned, see on the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda. The items in the agenda were covered in class.
September 17 and 22 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW3 assigned, see on the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda. The items in the agenda through section 3.6 [B] in item 7 were covered in class.
September 24 and 29 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW4 assigned, see on the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda.
October 1 and 6 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW5 assigned, see on the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda.
October 8 and 13 (Thu and Tue), 2020 Students are reminded of the due date for HW2, which is approaching. We carried out the items in the agenda.
October 15 and 20 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW6 assigned, see the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda. We carried out the items in the agenda.
October 22 and 27 (Thu and Tue), 2020 We carried out the items in the agenda. Only one case study for the ACM code and one case study for the ACM/IEEE-CS code were discussed in class.
October 29 and November 3 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW7 assigned; see the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda. We carried out the items in the agenda. For Section 2: No attendance will be taken for the class of Tuesday, November 3 (General Election Day), which is Asynchronous Class Day at our university. (The paragraph below was edited in the morning of 2020-11-03. Section 2 students received an email with the link to the recorded section 1 lecture in the Recordings section of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra; the students must view that lecture within the week of November 3.
November 5 and 10 (Thu and Tue), 2020 HW8 assigned; see the main page (under Homework) for details; the due date is in the agenda. We carried out the items in the agenda.
November 12 and 17 (Thu and Tue), 2020 We carried out the items in the agenda.
November 19 and 24 (Thu and Tue), 2020 We carried out the items in the agenda. End of course.