reading response 04
Topic: Intellectual Property (IP)
Focus: Rule Utilitarianism & Virtue Ethics
1. Birsch, Chapter 8 Aristotle’s Ethical Theory. Answer Problems: 1, 5, 9, &10. You can number these questions: 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.10
2. List all the strengths and weaknesses of virtue ethics.
3. Birsch, Chapter 5, 4 pages from Sections: The Starting Point pages 76-77; Rule Utilitarian pages 83-84.
Answer Problems: 1, 3, & 4.
4. Read and summarize Chapter 1: General Remarks, pages 1–4; Time to Calculate on pages 16–17, from:
Mill, John Stuart. (1863). Utilitarianism. Retrieved from http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/mill1863.pd f
5. From Abelson answer each the following:
a What is a peer-to-peer network?
b Summarize the MGM vs. Grokster case.
c Summarize the Sony v. Universal City Studios case.
d Why is the MGM vs. Grokster case different than the Sony v. Universal City Studios case?
6. Discuss how John Stuart Mill’s life and times influenced his philosophy. (About 3 good paragraphs should do it.)