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The article I’m writing about stemmed from an incident that occurred in 2015 which brings to light the question: where does the line get drawn between human and computer culpability? So what was this curious incident that had us questioning if robots can be arrested? The article reports of an algorithm that went shopping onContinue reading “Who is Responsible if A Robot Buys Illegal Drugs?”

Is computing a profession? According to the article published in 2015, computing is not considered a profession because of its teamwork nature and absence of autonomy or self-regulation. The lack of a representative licensing body also means that entry into the field is uncontrolled. On the other hand, we can argue that a profession isContinue reading “Insights on Professional Computing Ethics”

The article titled “There’s no online substitute for a real university classroom” is written by Clifford Orwin who is a strong non-believer of, as is clear from the title, online education. According to him, the live dialogue that comes from classroom experience is the heart of “real” education which he says is the formation ofContinue reading “Response to Orwin’s Article on Online Education”

The Right to Read is a story set in the future but presented as a historical article. The main conflict of the story comes from the protagonist’s dilemma of whether or not to help the girl he likes by letting her borrow his computer for a midterm which in turn would put him at riskContinue reading “The Right to Read between Fantasy and Reality”

The game that I will be talking about in this post is Grand Theft Auto V also known as GTA V by Rockstar Games. Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure, open-world video game developed by Rockstar North and released by Rockstar Games in September of 2013. The open world design allows players to freelyContinue reading “Ethical Analysis of GTA V”

A new poll indicates that more than half of Canadians would like to have the right to be forgotten. What exactly does this entail? The right to be forgotten is in some ways an extension of existing data privacy rights that would allow negative private information about a person to be removed from search engineContinue reading “The Right to Be Forgotten”

The dispute at hand is regarding the question of whether or not the US government should be able to compel large tech manufacturers to create a backdoor to bypass devices’ security and access encrypted data. Are there certain situations where parties should be given the power to unlock to see personal phone data? Or isContinue reading “Encryption Backdoors”

No matter what content you’re browsing on the internet, you must have noticed the sudden, incessant surge of trolls who have been hijacking conversations meant to be smart and informative, trolls that are denying the targeted audience the experience of an enabling conversation. The comments sections which were intended to be a medium for passionateContinue reading “Should Anonymous Comments be Allowed?”

“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is a short story written by Ursula Le Guin. The story paints a vivid picture, in remarkable detail, of a fairytale-like city called Omelas where people are joyful, passionate, intelligent, and always celebrating. To give us a reason to believe the idea of how such a place couldContinue reading “Review of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas””

Hello,Today I will be discussing the very first topic of the Ethics & Professional Practice course (CP373 for those interested!) that I’m currently taking at Laurier. The subject that we started off the course with was Values and Conflict. This module consisted of four in-class activities: “Peer Introduction”, “Values Exercise”, “Conflict Types and Intensity LevelsContinue reading “My Reflections on Values and Conflict Activities”