Ethics and Computer Science
CIS3250
Syllabus, lectures, and other materials — Fall 2020

From Oxford Online, we find these definitions:

   philosophy: The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

   ethics: Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.

Syllabus and schedule

Syllabus

Other material

Obligatory xkcd collection:

1390:

Research Ethics


1455:

Trolley Problem


1613:

The Three Laws of Robotics


Online Ethics-oriented Resources

Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

Collection of ethical code URLs from NC State

Computer and Information Ethics (in particular, see the Uniqueness debate between Maner and Johnson)

Virtue Ethics

Deontological Ethics

Consequentialism

Bynum: Computer ethics: Its birth and its future

Books

Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence

Isaac Asimov: I, Robot

Norbert Weiner: The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society

Soshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Other

Excerpt from The Grand Design episode of "Yes, Prime Minister"