Exam 17: Making Decisions About Computers, Information, and Society

Kant came up with ____ that characterized the duties we humans have to each other.

____ answer the question "Good for whom?" with a hearty, "Good for everyone!"

Revenues from the sale of recorded music in 2016 was less than half of the revenues in 2000. _________________________

In a(n)____, we move back and forth between different viewpoints, criticizing each and trying to learn from each.

Social ____ are people who raise important, but irritating, questions about society.

Discuss the challenges that make "wiretapping" more difficult now than in the past. What sorts of tools do organizations and governments need to possess in order to "wiretap" in modern times?

The Napster software set up what's called ____ file sharing.

One of the challenges when using a(n)____________________ argument in a dialectic about hacking is that it is sometimes difficult to predict consequences with any accuracy.

"Sharing" of music and movies was rare prior to the popularity of high-speed Internet.

Ideally, in a(n)____________________, the ultimate goal is for both sides to "win" by moving closer to the truth from two different perspectives.

____ arguments focus on the duties of the person acting and the way the act impinges on the rights of others.

Ethicists depend on what is called a ____ to try to make better and better ethical decisions.

By most accounts, the majority of music that Napster users "shared" was copyrighted, and most of the copyright holders objected to the copying of their music without royalty payments.

The first step in the paramedic method is to ____.

A(n)____ is someone who breaks into computer systems, launches Internet worms and viruses, or perpetrates other dubious computer-related vandalism.

Perhaps the most famous ____ was the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who was born in the eighteenth century.

What would a careful utilitarian declare an act if HAPPINESS_AFTER = HAPPINESS_BEFORE?

Using the utilitarians' criterion requires subjective judgments. _________________________

The word ____ is from the Greek and means "the study of duty."

The "hacker ethic" makes the claim that ____.