180058 SE Computer Ethics (2013S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 12.02.2013 18:00 to We 27.02.2013 20:00
- Deregistration possible until We 27.02.2013 20:00
Details
max. 45 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
06.03.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
20.03.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
17.04.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
24.04.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
15.05.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
22.05.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
29.05.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
05.06.
18:30 - 21:00
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
To obtain credit the following tasks have to be accomplished by the students:
- Participation in the discussions (on- and offline)
- Preparation oft he compulsory texts for each session & submission of corresponding questions
- Prepare and conduct a session as part of a project group
- Autonomous literature research
- Seminar Paper: 4500-6000 words
- Attendance: in order to obtain credit, the students must not miss more than 2 sessions.
Evaluation:
- Session organization: 25%
- Active participation in the seminar: 25%
- Seminar paper: 50%
- Participation in the discussions (on- and offline)
- Preparation oft he compulsory texts for each session & submission of corresponding questions
- Prepare and conduct a session as part of a project group
- Autonomous literature research
- Seminar Paper: 4500-6000 words
- Attendance: in order to obtain credit, the students must not miss more than 2 sessions.
Evaluation:
- Session organization: 25%
- Active participation in the seminar: 25%
- Seminar paper: 50%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The goal of this seminar is to provide an introductory understanding of the field of and the problems within computer ethics. Students shall be enabled to recognize and critically address problems and issues related to the increasing computerization of our lifeworld. Different positions as well as different research areas (such as privacy, responsibility, etc) within computer ethics will be portrayed and assessed. The knowledge and expertise acquired in the seminar is meant to go beyond theoretical reflection and to enable reflection and the improvement of practice. Through the methods employed, students shall also be supported in their presentation and creative skills.
Examination topics
The seminar will take place in 3-hour session. In the first session an introduction into the topic will be provided. Each of the following sessions will be chaired by a group of students. All sessions entail presentations, discussions, and group work. All students are required to read the compulsory texts for each session and provide questions regarding these texts one week ahead of each session.
Reading list
Preliminary Selection - the final selection will be provided in the first session:Brey, P. (2010). Values in technology and disclosive computer ethics. The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. L. Floridi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 41-58.
Brigham, M. and L. Introna (2007). "Invoking politics and ethics in the design of information technology: undesigning the design." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 1-10.
Bynum, T. W. (2010). The historical roots of information and computer ethics. The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. L. Floridi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 20-38.
Bynum, T. W. (2000). "The Foundation of Computer Ethics." Computers and Society 30(2).
Feuz, M., M. Fuller, et al. (2011). Personal Web searching in the age of semantic capitalism: Diagnosing the mechanisms of personalisation.
Flanagan, M., D. Howe, et al. (2005). Values in Design: Theory and Practice (Research Report). New York, Hunter College & New York University: 33.
Friedman, B. (1997). Introduction. Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology. B. Friedman. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-18.
van den Hoven, J. (2010). The use of normative theories in computer ethics. The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. L. Floridi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 59-76.
Introna, L. (2005). "Phenomenological Approaches to Ethics and Information Technology." Retrieved 24.03.2011, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-it-phenomenology/.
Introna, L. (2005). "Phenomenological Approaches to Ethics and Information Technology." Retrieved 24.03.2011, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-it-phenomenology/.
Introna, L. (2007). "Maintaining the reversibility of foldings: Making the ethics (politics) of information technology visible." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 11-25.
Introna, L. and H. Nissenbaum (2000). "Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters." The Information Society 16: 169–185.
Introna, L. D. (2007). "Maintaining the reversibility of foldings: making the ethics (politics) of information technology visible." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 11-25.
Kraemer, F., K. van Overveld, et al. (2010). "Is there an ethics of algorithms?" Ethics and Information Technology: 1-10.
Light, B. and K. McGrath (2010). "Ethics and social networking sites: A disclosive analysis of Facebook." Information Technology and People 23(4): 290-311.
Longstaff, S. (2010). "The Irony of Wikileaks " Living Ethics: Newsletter of the St. James Ethics Centre 82(2,4).
Moor, J. H. (1985). "What is computer ethics?" Metaphilosophy 16(4): 266-279.
Nayar, P. K. (2010). "WikiLeaks, the New Information Cultures and Digital Parrhesia." Economic & Political Weekly.
Nissenbaum, H. (2004). "Privacy as Contextual Integrity." Washington Law Review 79(1): 119-158.
Nissenbaum, H. (2005). Values in Technical Design. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. C. Mitcham. New York, Macmillan: lxvi-lxx.
Paulsson, A. (2010). Critique of pure transparency: Epistemology, axiology and ethics in public administration. EGPA 2010 Symposium for Doctoral Students and Junior Researchers. Toulouse, France.
Roehle, T. (2007). "Desperately seeking the consumer: personalized search engines and the commercial exploitation of user data." from http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_9/rohle/index.html.
Rogers, R. (2004). Information politics on the Web. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.
Various (2010). "Who gets to keep secrets? ." from http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/hillis10.1/hillis10.1_index.html.
Weizenbaum, J. (1994 (1977)). Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp.
Wiener, N. (1950/1954). The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society. Houghton Mifflin, Doubleday Anchor.
Brigham, M. and L. Introna (2007). "Invoking politics and ethics in the design of information technology: undesigning the design." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 1-10.
Bynum, T. W. (2010). The historical roots of information and computer ethics. The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. L. Floridi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 20-38.
Bynum, T. W. (2000). "The Foundation of Computer Ethics." Computers and Society 30(2).
Feuz, M., M. Fuller, et al. (2011). Personal Web searching in the age of semantic capitalism: Diagnosing the mechanisms of personalisation.
Flanagan, M., D. Howe, et al. (2005). Values in Design: Theory and Practice (Research Report). New York, Hunter College & New York University: 33.
Friedman, B. (1997). Introduction. Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology. B. Friedman. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-18.
van den Hoven, J. (2010). The use of normative theories in computer ethics. The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. L. Floridi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 59-76.
Introna, L. (2005). "Phenomenological Approaches to Ethics and Information Technology." Retrieved 24.03.2011, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-it-phenomenology/.
Introna, L. (2005). "Phenomenological Approaches to Ethics and Information Technology." Retrieved 24.03.2011, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-it-phenomenology/.
Introna, L. (2007). "Maintaining the reversibility of foldings: Making the ethics (politics) of information technology visible." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 11-25.
Introna, L. and H. Nissenbaum (2000). "Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matters." The Information Society 16: 169–185.
Introna, L. D. (2007). "Maintaining the reversibility of foldings: making the ethics (politics) of information technology visible." Ethics and Information Technology 9(1): 11-25.
Kraemer, F., K. van Overveld, et al. (2010). "Is there an ethics of algorithms?" Ethics and Information Technology: 1-10.
Light, B. and K. McGrath (2010). "Ethics and social networking sites: A disclosive analysis of Facebook." Information Technology and People 23(4): 290-311.
Longstaff, S. (2010). "The Irony of Wikileaks " Living Ethics: Newsletter of the St. James Ethics Centre 82(2,4).
Moor, J. H. (1985). "What is computer ethics?" Metaphilosophy 16(4): 266-279.
Nayar, P. K. (2010). "WikiLeaks, the New Information Cultures and Digital Parrhesia." Economic & Political Weekly.
Nissenbaum, H. (2004). "Privacy as Contextual Integrity." Washington Law Review 79(1): 119-158.
Nissenbaum, H. (2005). Values in Technical Design. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. C. Mitcham. New York, Macmillan: lxvi-lxx.
Paulsson, A. (2010). Critique of pure transparency: Epistemology, axiology and ethics in public administration. EGPA 2010 Symposium for Doctoral Students and Junior Researchers. Toulouse, France.
Roehle, T. (2007). "Desperately seeking the consumer: personalized search engines and the commercial exploitation of user data." from http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_9/rohle/index.html.
Rogers, R. (2004). Information politics on the Web. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.
Various (2010). "Who gets to keep secrets? ." from http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/hillis10.1/hillis10.1_index.html.
Weizenbaum, J. (1994 (1977)). Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp.
Wiener, N. (1950/1954). The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society. Houghton Mifflin, Doubleday Anchor.
Association in the course directory
BA M 5.3, PP 57.3.5
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36
In the seminar we will address the ethical implications of this computational turn on topics such as privacy, responsibility, freedom of expression, transparency or autonomy.