Friday, May 7, 2004
324-A and B Amsler Campus Center
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
We live in an "information society." Information and new information technologies have become essential to our social, economic, and political interactions. This roundtable provides an opportunity to learn about and discuss the ethical issues surrounding information privacy, intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship.
The roundtable grew out of a debate in Library Quarterly between Doyle and Fricke-Mathiesen-Fallis on the issue of censorship and access to information.
The focus of this year's roundtable is Privacy. The keynote address will be given by Michael F. Brown of Williams College.
The roundtable is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Introduction:
Kay Mathiesen
Assistant Professor
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Keynote:
Michael F. Brown
Department of Anthropology
Williams College
Title: "Do Indigenous Peoples Have a Right to Cultural Privacy?:
Dilemmas of Heritage Protection in Pluralist Democracies"
Commentator: Don Fallis (University of Arizona)
Talks:
Felmon Davis
Department of Philosophy
Union College
Title: "Exposure/Disclosure: Nagel on Privacy"
Commentator: Catherine Womack (Bridgewater State)
David LaBrie
Independent Scholar
Title: "An Examination of the Legal and Ethical Grounds for a Right to
Privacy"
Commentator: Matt Silliman (MCLA)
Kay Mathiesen
Department of Philosophy
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Title: "Is There a Group Right to Privacy?"
Commentator: Tony Doyle (CUNY)
Panel Discussion:
Paul
LeSage
Department of English and Communications
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
with Felmon Davis, Tony Doyle, Catherine Womack, and Kay
Mathiesen
Title: "How much personal information should companies (e.g., Google,
Amazon, grocery stores) be allowed to collect?"
This
roundtable is sponsored by the
MCLA Philosophy Society. It is supported
by the Philosophy Society (with funds from the SGA), the Department of
Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Modern Language, and the
Office of the Dean of Academic Affiars.
Information
Ethics Roundtable
c/o Kay Mathiesen
Department of Philosophy
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
375 Church Street
North Adams, MA 01247
Phone: (413) 662-5316
Fax: (413) 662-5368
Roundtable
Website for 2004: http://www.sir.arizona.edu/ier/ier04.htm
Roundtable Website for 2003: http://www.sir.arizona.edu/ier/ier03.htm
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