Class is held every Tuesday & Thursday at 8:10 am.

The course has covered the following topics:
WeekTuesday Thursday
1 8/26/03
Introduction of Dr. Kaplan.
Lecture:
  • Harvard's Ethical Problem

Reading Assignment:
  • Read chapter 1 in both text books

Handout:
8/28/03
Lecture:
More information on six stages of moral judgment:
Homework:
  • Create chart from class and place where your philosophical beliefs fall & give 1 paragraph justification.
2 9/2/03
Lecture:
Assignment #1 collected
Reading Assignment:
  • Read chapter 6 in Gift of Fire
9/4/03
Lecture:
Quiz #1 on Tuesday. Open three-ring binder only!
Handouts:
  • From Redesigning Creation:
    • Homo Economicus: Considerations in the Commercialization of Body Tissue
    • Owning Tissue: The Point
    • Owning Tissue: The Counterpoint
  • US Patent #4,438,032, Unique T-lymphocyte line and products derived therefrom
3 9/9/03
Lecture: Guest Lecturer!
  • Mo Cell Line

Quiz #1 given
Assignment #1 given
Read Chapter 2 in I-Way
9/11/03
No class!
Dr. Kaplan is at a conference!
4 9/16/03
Assignment #2 due!
Lecture:
  • Chapters 1-2 in I-Way
  • How Private is Your Email?

See Handouts
Read Chapter 3 in I-Way
Read Chapter 2 in Gift of Fire
9/18/03
No Class! Isabel came!
5 9/23/03
Lecture: Brain Chips
Quiz - How Honest Are You? (Not graded)
Read Chapter 4 in I-Way
Read Chapter 3 in Gift of Fire
9/25/03
Lecture:
  • Chapter 3, I-Way
  • Computer Crime

(Pop) Quiz #2 given!
6 9/30/03
Lecture:
  • IP:
    • Types of patents: plant, design, utility
    • Patent to entreprenuership process
    • Patenting of genes - genetics background
  • Discussion of articles given thus far

Quiz #1 returned, answers given
10/02/03
Syllabus handout
Lecture: Information Assurance
Homework Assignment:
Remember: Midterm Thursday!
7 10/07/03
Discussed Midterm - which is Thursday!
Assignment #3 Due
Quiz #2 returned
10/09/03
Midterm!
8 10/14/03
Lecture: Can Machines Think?
Handout: The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest 2004
10/16/03
Midterm Returns!
Discussion of Midterm answers
9 10/21/03
Lecture: Discussion of conference Dr. Kaplan attended on Monday, Networked Economy Summit, regarding material presented that we have previously discussed.
Read chapter 4 in Gift of Fire and chapter 5 in I-Way
10/23/03
Lecture: Chapter 4 in Gift of Fire
Assignment #4 given
10 10/28/03
Lecture: Discussion of Chapter 5 in Cyberage and Chapters 4-6 in I-Way
Assignment #4 collected
10/30/03