Ethics Final

digital piracy

argument(s) that digital piracy is no different than other morally and legally acceptable ways of acquiring digital media

argument that file-sharing ought to be legal or encouraged by bands, the music industry, the film industry, etc.

victimless crime

Uszaki’s argument that online piracy is a victimless crime

Why does Uszaki rejects that Locke’s view of property should be extended to include intellectual goods?

Meissner’s two ethical implications of file-sharing.

two alternative methods of distribution for film that Meissner suggests as well as their ethical implications (advantages and disadvantages)

one-stop-shop- advantages:(being legal, fast, reliable, easy to use and offering metadata)

disadvantages: monopoly

What does Meissner say about the responsibility on the film industry regarding file-sharing?

Dunn’s Asymmetry Thesis

Dunn’s Symmetry Thesis

“The Third Option”

What view does Dunn seem to accept?

What view does Dunn argue against?

Versions of the Virtual, Game, and Play arguments and how Dunn objects to them

two arguments Dunn gives that directly argue against The Asymmetry Thesis

Dunn thinks that some virtual actions are wrong but some are not wrong. Be able to explain how he accounts for this

What are Dunn’s conditions of how to tell if a virtual action is immoral?

Implications of a narrow and broad definition of s*x

The Liberal Master’s Argument.

Russell’s and Mappes’ code of sexual ethics and which moral theory they line up with as well as any objections that could be raised against them.

possible harms that some claim will arise if we treat sex too casually

How does Callahan argue that sexual freedom is harmful to women? How does she argue that a more conservative take on sex works well for women in every stage of their lives?

Scruton’s view on casual sex and the three arguments he gives to defend his view

supreme court’s definition of pornography

potential benefits and harms to porn users as well as those who make it (on an individual level as well as a societal level)

difference between a primary harm and a secondary harm.

Three types of pornographic material discussed in The Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography. What conclusions do they draw regarding the effects of viewing these three types of pornographic material?

MacKinnon’s argument that pornography is violence towards women. Does her argument apply to all porn? If so, why? If not, what kinds of porn does it not apply to?

How McElroy argues in favor of pornography from a feminist perspective