CS 335 - 3/4/13

Chapters from the Book:  1, 2, 3, 4 and 7

Chpt 2: Ethicial Theories  (p. 94)

    Kantianism
      - Categorical Imperative
         All persons are treated a moral equals

      "What is always good without qualification?"
      Rational/logical     

    Act Utilitarianism
      - Principle of Utility (Greatest Happiness Principle)
      - What is the line between good and bad?
      - Who are the affected parties?
      - Does bad to one party get outweighed by good
          to another party?


    Rule Utilitarianism
      - Principle of Utility
      - focuses on a single scale to measure consequences
      - unjust distribution of good consequences

    Social Contract Theory
     - John Rawl's Principles of Justice (p88)
        - each person may claim a fully adequate number
           of basic rights
        - Any social or economic inequalities must 
            satisfy two conditions:
             1) everyone has the chance to change
                   in social economic status
             2) rules are to benefit those least-advantaged
                   members of society
     - a set of rules and a govenment to enforce the rules
     - society will benefit if EVERYONE follows the rules

  


Chpt 3:
   Censorship vs Freedom of Expression


Chpt 4:  Intellectual Property
    - Trade Secrets
    - Trademarks
    - Patents
    - Copyright

    - Fair use (p.172)
       - What is the purpose of the use?
       - What is the nature of the work being copied?
       - How much of the work is being used?
       - How will the use affect the market for the
           copyrighted work?

    - Open Source


Chpt 7 - Computer Reliability
    - Therac-25
    - Software Warranties