Dr. Ahmed Al-Hunaiyyan

Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST)
PHIL: 4458: Computer Ethics
Course Syllabus

Instructor:

Name: Dr. Ahmed Al-Hunaiyyan Email: hunaiyyana@gust.edu.kw
Office: Room N1-242 - Second Floor – Mishref Campus

Course Description:

This course covers ethical issues concerning the use of computers generally and software engineering in particular. Aims at developing awareness of these issues, and skills for ethical decision-making regarding them through careful, analytical methods. Typical issues include privacy, intellectual property, computer fraud, and others. The course offers students a timely, balanced, and impartial treatment of computer ethics. The course addresses all the topics of the “Social and Professional Issues”. By introducing ethical theories early and using them throughout the course to evaluate moral problems related to information technology, the aim is to help the students to develop the ability to reach conclusions and defend them in front of an audience. Every issue is studied from the point of view of multiple ethical theories in order to provide a balanced analysis of relevant issues.

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