Contemporary Issues in Computer Science

What’s Right?

Choose one of the following issues:

· Should sending spam be illegal?

· The use of the Stuxnet worm to cripple Iran’s nuclear efforts (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html)

· Videogame censorship (http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2011/06/27/254812/supreme-court-rules-against-video-game-censorship-7-2/?mobile=nc )

· Net neutrality

· Wikileaks

· The Edward Snowden affair

· Apple vs the FBI

· Autonomous vehicles. There are a few different issues here. Pick one:

· Should they be allowed even if they are not failsafe?

· How should they be programmed to make hard decisions?

If you wish to explore a different issue, that’s okay, but check with us first.

Choose one of the ethical frameworks that we have discussed in class.

Write a short paper (500 – 1,000 words) analyzing your chosen issue using your chosen ethical framework.