censorship.
Lecture notes
ppt pdf
Discussions.
Lecture
notes
pdf
Intellectual Property.
By Matt and Ingard
By Karim
Discussions
Globalization
Discussions
Work on essay
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Course information | Articles | Staff: Kirsten
Ribu
Level: Master
| Term: Autumn | 10 ECTS | Lectures in English
Course Literature:
Michael J. Quinn: Ethics for the Information Age, second edition.
Time
and place: Tuesday 09:40 room 1.424 - Friday 09:40 room 1.332
-----> First lecture: Tuesday, August 22nd 2006
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| Week | Date | Topic | Literature | Excercises | Assignments |
| 34 | 22.08 | Introduction to the course. | Find examples of good and bad moral conduct. | ||
| 25.08 | About Writing.
| Lecture notes ppt
pdf | Mini-writing | Short note on censorship | |
| 35 | 29.08 | More on writing. Plagiarism | Notes, appendix A | ||
| 01.08 | The Internet.
Spam, spyware, censorship. | Chapter 3 Lecture notes ppt pdf | Mini-writing | Mini-essay deadline 05.09 | |
| 36 | 05.09 | Introduction
to Ethical theory: Discussions. | Lecture
notes | ||
| 08.09 | Ethical theory. Guest lecture. Edvard Stang, philosopher | Chapter 2 | Mini-essay deadline 15.9 | ||
| 37 | 12.09 |
Intellectual Property. | |||
| 15.09 | Presentation:
'Spam'. By Matt and Ingard | ||||
| 38 | 19.09 | 'Free software and content. History and practice'. Gisle Hannemyhr. | Chapter 4 | Gmail
and Google policy | |
| 22.09 | Privacy | Chapter
5 | |||
| 39 | 26.09 | Presentation:
'Digital Copyright'. By Karim | |||
| 29.09 | No lesson | 2 mini-essays | |||
| 40 | 03.10 |
Discussions | |||
| 06.10 | Presentation | ||||
| 41 | 10.10 | Computer reliability | Chapter 7 | ||
| 13.10 | Discussions | ||||
| 42 | 17.10 | (Guest
lecture: Morality today. By Øystein Nilsen, sociologist.) Cancelled
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| 20.10 | Presentation: Alex, Edson | ||||
| 43 | 24.10 |
Globalization | Chapter 8 | ||
| 27.10 | Discussions | Long Essay | |||
| 44 | 31.10 |
Discussions | |||
| 03.11 | Presentation. Per, Arild and Christer: Rootkit attacks. | Write an introduction/'road map' for you essay. Bring it to class on Friday! | |||
| 45 | 06.11 | NB: Thor Hasle on SLA (Service Level Agreement) | With 4aa | ||
| 45 | 07.11 | ||||
| 10.11 | Work on your essay | First draft ready by friday. We will work on it in class, bring your laptop. | |||
| 46 | 14.11 | Presentation.
Imran. Work on essay | |||
| 17.11 | Summary. Evaluation of the course. | Essay deadline | |||