Augmenting the Computing Ethics Course
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I describe the evolution of my computing ethics course over a fifteen year period. I itemize and justify my rationales for the resources I have added to supplement a standard computing ethics textbook to meet and exceed the ACM curricula recommendations for a computing ethics course. I argue for prioritizing a substantial teaching focus on the nascent discipline of behavioral ethics.
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