技术进步与价值观发展之间关系的研究. 本课程将探讨我们如何评估和应对技术，并将研究技术对价值观的影响, 比如自由, 个性, 增长, 工作, 政治进程. 本课程包括计算机科学和工程技术学生需要了解的主题, such as unique ethical problems in information technology; ethical practices to minimize computer misuse; ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Codes of Ethics and Professional Practice; the morality of software piracy; hacking and viruses; and a range of questions raised by globalization and climate change. 学生将阐明问题和议题, 识别, 分析, 评估观点和论点, 承认论点的局限性, 做出合理的判断. 三个课时.