Comments on writings

• Sentence one is key:

  The standard thesis of this article the author states near the beginning.

  Moor, in this essay, discusses his view on Computer Ethics.

  The article's objective is to explain why computer ethics is important.

  The primary topic of this essay is the classification and importance of "Computer Ethics", a subject which the author claims is distinct from applied ethics, in that it is not simply the application of ethics to computers.

  This article examines how technologies can have social and political impacts other than those stemming from their practical use.

  Exercise: write the first sentence of a summary for the Fu IMD paper.

• Use examples to illustrate generalizations:

  Winner also states examples of the controversy over whether technology has these connections to politics or not.

  The main concern is the issues and problems that revolve around computer ethics.

  Artifacts can be political based on their underlying purpose; Winner uses Long Island's overpasses as an example. The overpasses were built in a way to discourage minorities ...

  Exercise: Rewrite the second sentence above so that it is more specific, and makes reference to at least one enlivening example.

• Don't assume that the reader has read (or even has a copy of) the reading.

  Upon revealing the computer ethics, "conceptual muddle" needs to be clarified upon.

  In the third paragraph, he drives his point home.

• Tell us about their beliefs, not yours or someone else's:

  It is often believed that there is a computer revolution taking place because of the ever-changing nature of computer technology and there are many things about the Computer Revolution can be compared to Industrial Revolution.

  According to Moor, computers are "logically malleable" ...