Philosophy

Philosophy

Q1, Q6 bassed on James Moor article: http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/spring06/papers/moor.html

Q2 based on Nicholas Carr article: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/

Q3, Q4 based on Allen Wood article: (It is already attached file)

Q5 bassed on James Fieser Article: http://www.iep.utm.edu/ethics/

Q1. In his article, James Moor asks, “What is it about computers that makes them revolutionary?” Explain his answer to this question.

Q2. Nicholas Carr, in his article, suggests that using certain kinds of technologies, especially ones that extend our mental, as opposed to physical, abilities changes us – that we “begin to take on the qualities of those technologies.” What does he mean by this? What example does he use? Can you think of other ways we have taken on the qualities of new technologies?

Q3. Allen Wood lists four ideas that he thinks should be distinguished from relativism. In your own words, explain the four ideas, and how he thinks they’re different from relativism.

Q4. Allen Wood thinks that cultural relativism and tolerance aren’t actually mutually supportive, unlike what many people think. Why do some people think that cultural relativism and tolerance are mutually supportive, and why does he think they are wrong?

Q5.Fieser says that there are three main types of moral theories: virtue theories, duty theories, and consequentialist theories. In broad outlines, what are the main differences between them, and what motivates each type of theory?

Q6. James Moor’s discusses how computers often operate invisibly. Explain the three kinds of invisibility he discusses, and why he thinks the three ways in which computers are invisible are ethically significant.

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