Ethics in abstract disciplines (was: Making a better textbook (was Re: The Deitel book))

[Cameron Laird]

In article <slrnasle4n.7kt.charles at homer.pentek.org>,
Charles Krug <charles at pentek.com> wrote:
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>Interesting.  I doubled in both Math and CS.  Half of the CS courses had
>an ethics component, while none of the maths did.
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><irony>
>Which only makes sense.  I've never heard of a fudged mathmatical model
>used to support the desired conclusion of a sponsor with deep pockets.
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>Have you?
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I don't understand this description.  It
certainly interests me, though.  I take
it that "CS" here means the kind of soft-
ware engineering and technology that's
typicall taught in college.  And you're
seriously saying that sections on ethics
appeared in half of your classes?  Can
you give a few examples of such content?

I know of abundant ethical questions spe-
cific to mathematicians.  I can supply
plenty of examples of "fudged mathematical
model[s]", if that'll help.
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