Anonymous Report 1

Philosophy 224 Spring 2018

This assignment and these weeks of the class are meant for us to open up some about the internet and how it can be used. Of course there are major ethical issues here for us to discuss, and we will see several of the concepts and terms we have already covered in class (e.g., doxing). We also have a chance for our international students to share their stories with us and also find that we are through the internet no longer of different countries, but can form new alliances, and towards social justice all over the world. . . But we will also talk about the lulz and hopefully have some ourselves as we examine life for those deep on the inside of online life. I am banking on your being able to seize upon and relate to various points. We will have class periods where your questions, comments, and discussion will be our class, and if we could make a square of the tables in our room that would be the ideal set up.

For this assignment, I challenge you to pose questions that stump the class, entertain the class and teach the class. For each of the five readings, the assignment is to seize upon specific points in the text. On the first of them you will pose an ethics question for the class, for the second one you will tell a story about a point that reminds you of something you experienced yourself personally (to entertain the class-lulz), and a third point that you think you’ve learned but not many other people know, so offer that point related to some point in the text to teach the class.

So, the rubric:

1. Ethics question, page number(s).

2. Entertaining story, page number(s).

3. Informative point, page number(s).

These answers can be concise, but not too vague and short. No exact length requirement.

Report 1 is due by 12pm March 1 posted to blackboard, this first Report based upon the introduction and first two chapters. The next assignments, after Spring Break, will have the same three questions but for each set of chapters we are reading together.

Bring a paper copy or your computer with your copy of your three answers and we will share those randomly for our class, and bring your books as I hope we stay grounded in the text.