Ethics

  1. A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions

    Article In this article, from Brown University's Science and Technology Studies department, the author provides an introduction to making ethical decisions....

  2. Dialectic of Enlightenment

    The description for this book is as follows: "Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School...

  3. Ethical Decision Making

    Video In this video, you are asked to think about the last time you made a big decision. Why did you...

  4. Ethics Defined: Integrity

    Video In this video, the McCombs School of Business looks to define integrity. Integrity is an essential moral virtue that is the...

  5. Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity...

  6. Excellence in opera or saving a life? Your choice.

    Article In this article, Peter Singer questions where one ought to direct their charitable donations. For example, does donating to prevent...

  7. Freedom Downtime

    Video This video is the documentary from 2001 that is sympathetic to convicted computer hacker, Kevin Mitnick. It is produced by 2600...

  8. Good Work

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "What does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow...

  9. Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier

    Book Chapter This book details the spirit of the times with the criminalization (and eventual crackdown) of the so-called "hacker underground." This particular...

  10. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

    Book Steven Levy's book is is a classic text on the history of computing. It is used throughout the course to highlight the hacker...

  11. Hackers - Wizards of the Electronic Age

    Video This video is a short documentary about the hacker underground and the foundations of the hacker ethic. From the video description,...

  12. How Much Is Enough?

    The description for this book is as follows: "What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money?...

  13. How to Have Moral Courage and Moral Imagination?

    Video Every time we make a decision, we change the world just a little bit. This is why moral imagination plays...

  14. Masters of Crowds: The Rise of Mass Social Engineering

    Article This article provides a deep history of mass manipulation from the 1920s through the mid-1970s. This article is adapted from the...

  15. Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

    Video In this video, Crash Course covers metaethics – which probes the foundation of morality. The video begins by distinguishing metaethics from...

  16. Operation Sundevil

    Video The video provides a brief overview of Operation Sundevil from the 1990s. The operation was apart of a large hacker crackdown...

  17. Philosophy & Ethics of Technology | Is Technology Good, Bad or Neutral?

    Video In this video, the ideas and arguments from the philosophy paper "Is Technology Value Neutral?" by Boaz Miller are covered....

  18. Remote OS detection via TCP/IP Stack FingerPrinting

    Article This article is from issuse 54 of Phrack Magazine in 1998 written by Gordon Lyon aka Fydor, the creator of the...

  19. Scheirer on Tech Ethics

    Video In this video, Dr. Sheirer gives an introduction to tech ethics.

  20. The Irrelevance of Ethics

    Book Chapter The abstract of this chapter is as follows:

  21. The Most Good You Can Do

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "Peter Singer’s books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since...

  22. The Need for Roots

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone...

  23. The Secret History of Hacking

    Video This video depicts some of the secret side of the history of hacking from black hat hackers to white hat hackers....

  24. The Trolley Problem

    Video In this video, BBC Radio 4 discusses the famous Trolley Problem. In this ethical thought experiment, you witness that a...

  25. Vita activa, the Spirit of Hannah Arendt (Trailer)

    Video In this video, the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) provides a trailer for a documentary presented at IDFA 2015...

  26. What is Ethics?

    From the video description:  Ethics asks how we should live, what choices we should make and what makes our lives...

  27. What is the difference between Ethics, Morality and the Law?

    Video In this video, three different categories of demands on how we should live - ethics, morality, and law - are...

  28. Whence and W(h)ither Technology Ethics

    Book The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology gives readers a view into this increasingly vital and urgently needed domain of...