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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between ethical theory and the formulation of public policy. Students will examine how moral principles and philosophical frameworks inform debates on contemporary policy issues, such as justice, equality, freedom, and human rights. Through the analysis of real-world case studies and current events, the course encourages critical thinking about the ethical dimensions of policymaking, the challenges of balancing competing values, and the responsibilities of policymakers in a pluralistic society. By the end of the course, students will develop tools for evaluating the moral implications of policy decisions and articulating well-reasoned positions on ethical controversies in the public sphere.
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Society Ethics and Technology 5th Edition by Morton Winston
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Chapter 1: History
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Q1) What was the dominant form of lighting by 1920?
A) Gas
B) Kerosene
C) Electricity
D) Oil
Answer: C
Q2) When were the Immigration Restriction Acts passed?
A) 1886
B) 1924
C) 1928
D) 1931
Answer: B
Q3) Otto von Guericke was the mayor of what German city in what year when he designed an air pump?
A) Magdeburg in 1698
B) Munich in 1698
C) Magdeburg in 1654
D) Munich in 1654
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Society
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Q1) Who distinguished between technical rationality and substantive rationality?
A) Marcuse
B) Giddens
C) Uffrey
D) Habermas
Answer: D
Q2) What technology did the village of Ibieca find came at the expense of community integration?
A) The telephone
B) Indoor plumbing
C) The Internet
D) The telegraph
Answer: B
Q3) How many generating plants were in the United States by 1902?
A) 1
B) 4,000
C) 2,250
D) 4,001
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Ethics
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Q1) Who declared that man is a "Tool-using animal"?
A) Thomas Carlyle
B) Charles Darwin
C) Horatio Nelson
D) Thomas Powers
Answer: A
Q2) Design functions,like mathematical functions,are not:
A) One-to-many relations
B) Accessible relations
C) Intentional relations
D) Artifacts
Answer: A
Q3) What model of intentional behavior has contemporary action theory suggested?
A) A casual model
B) A modal model
C) A causal model
D) A technological model
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Security Surveillance
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Q1) Who wrote 1984?
A) George Orwell
B) George Formby
C) Michael Crichton
D) John le Carré
Q2) What is the name of the GPS constellation China is planning to launch that would be independent of U.S.control?
A) Copernicus
B) Confucius
C) Galileo
D) Mao-1
Q3) How many aircraft carriers does the United States have?
A) 12
B) 13
C) 24
D) 9
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Chapter 5: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
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Q1) Which chess champion did Deep Blue defeat?
A) Garry Kasparov
B) Isaac Asimov
C) Bobby Fisher
D) Gibson Praise
Q2) What is the name of the research program trying to mimic the motor and cognitive development of babies in robots?
A) The Machine Project
B) Project One
C) Universal Robots
D) The Roomba Project
Q3) Which events related to World War II are identified as cases that changed the notion of responsibility?
A) The Adolph Eichmann trial and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B) The invasion of Iran by the Allied Powers
C) The invasion of Normandy on D-Day
D) The Treaty of Versailles
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Chapter 6: Nanotechnology
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Q1) Who noted that we could squeeze twice as many transistors on an integrated circuit every 24 months and,consequently,the circuits could run twice as fast because electrons would have less distance to travel?
A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy
Q2) What areas has Bill McKibben,one of the first environmentalists to warn against the dangers of global warming,specifically suggested relinquishing,according to Kurzweil?
A) Biotechnology and motor vehicles
B) Warp technology and nanotechnology
C) Biotechnology and nanotechnology
D) Biotechnology and biochemistry
Q3) What small robot will be able to perform a number of medical and therapeutic functions?
A) Nanobots
B) Neurons
C) Autobots
D) Transistors
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Chapter 7: Inernet & Social Media
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Q1) Maryanne Wolf argues deep reading is indistinguishable from:
A) Intellectual conversation
B) Deep thinking
C) Deep study
D) Internet research
Q2) Upon release of the iPhone here in 2009,Apple had to agree to what country's rules on censorship to be allowed to enter the market?
A) China
B) India
C) North Korea
D) Russia
Q3) According to Bijker and Law,current and alternative forms of what are consequential in their designs?
A) Economies
B) Social values
C) Technologies
D) Social practices
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Chapter 8: Biotech and Genetic Engineering
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Q1) When was the first cloned sheep born?
A) 1992
B) 1995
C) 1997
D) 1999
Q2) What value is appealed to by those who oppose cloning on the grounds that it violates a child's right to an open future?
A) Well-being
B) Fairness
C) Autonomy
D) Humanity
Q3) What,according to Nicholas Agar,is the distinguishing mark of the new liberal eugenics?
A) State neutrality
B) Government involvement
C) Fairness
D) Inclusivity
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Chapter 9: Population, environment, Climate Change
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Q1) What is the main source of the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
A) Methane
B) Deforestation
C) Landfills
D) Burning fossil fuels
Q2) Which tree does Robert W.Kates focus on in his article in this volume?
A) Olive
B) Oak
C) Neem
D) Maple
Q3) What organization helped spearhead the sustainable development movement in the 1980s?
A) International Union of Students (IUS)
B) International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
C) The World Academy of Science (WAS)
D) Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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