Michael Quinn
Michael Quinn
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Some people date the first debates about information technology and ethics to the 1950s, but the field really exploded in the 1990s.
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I went to a Jesuit school as an undergraduate, and that helped me gain a deep appreciation for philosophy. The general mentality of most engineers is that if we can invent something, we should. It's not that simple. At Heathrow airport they are debating the use of new X-ray technology that electronically disrobes a person and shows their naked image. Government power is something that's easy to abuse, and many people are raising questions about invasion of privacy.
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Humans have always had a complex relationship with technology. Automobiles, for instance, changed the nature of life in America, where we live, how we work, what we can do with our leisure time. But they have also brought us traffic jams and contributed to global warming. The impact of information technology may be equally profound, and these are things we need to think about and study.
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The issues involved are sufficiently important that courses are now moving out of the philosophy departments and into mainstream computer science. And they affect everyone. Many of the students attracted to these courses are not technology majors, and many of the topics we discuss relate to ethical challenges that transcend the computer world.
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What's happening to energy stocks is probably not surprising given the run they've had over the last several weeks.
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I share the frustrations of everyone who was laid off. It was the last thing we wanted to do, but the money isn't there yet.
Our alternatives are limited, but it is one we have considered.
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We need a lot more education for our dollar long before we start talking about giving these people more money,
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The problem is, when we need it, we need it now.
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There are times where you have an unconscious (person), and we don't know if it's stroke-related, if it's cardiac-related or if it's any medical condition, ... It's hard to figure out what the prognosis is.
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Because of the situation that we are in, everything we've done in the past several years will be called into question. We have to look at what we are trying to do here.
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It's worth the time and money it takes if you are totally committed to the work you're doing.
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The baseball team is all about making an environmental stand. That's why it is so important to reuse cardboard.
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It's just been a matter of finding where the pieces went, like putting a puzzle together.