Exam 15: Making Decisions About Computers, Information, and Society

The term ____ refers to someone who breaks into computer systems, launches Internet worms and viruses, or perpetrates other dubious computer-related vandalism.

Phone calls typically include less information than emails.

The most well-known consequentialists are the utilitarians.

The more you compress music data, the more sound quality you gain.

The new way of thinking about making and sharing music will deemphasize the need for large ____ companies.

What does PGP allow email users to return to?

Kant thought about what duties we humans have to each other. He came up with ____ that characterized these duties.

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

Apple computer's music distribution system called the iTunes Music Store allows users to download songs for a relatively small fee.

The ____ is an outline that can help guide you in a productive dialectic.

The majority of music that Napster users shared was copyrighted.

The philosopher ____ was known to say "never treat a fellow human merely as a means to an end".

Good analogies have a strong ____ appeal, but we should look deeper when using analogies in ethical analysis.

____ efforts such as GNU, Linux, and Apache provide useful software for little or no money to many computer users.

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

The MP3 protocol allows one level of compression.

The three methods of communication: face to face conversation, phone calls, and email, all differ in the amount of bandwidth.

Ethicists depend on what is called a(n) ____ to try to get better and better ethical decisions.

MP3 file copying has encouraged CD buying as a long term effect.

Banning dissemination on the Web is difficult, since the Web is global and most laws are limited to physical borders.