INFO I453 (Spring 2025) Ethics on Exhibit
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INFO I453 (Spring 2025) Ethics on Exhibit

A curated collection of objects from the Lilly Library with reflections on the object's connection to ethical theory and emerging technologies across time. Created by students in INFO I453 SP 2025, Computer & Information Ethics.

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Ansh Arora
aa15@iu.edu

Sia Sardana
siasard@iu.edu

James Taylor
jtt1@iu.edu

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  • mnuqz

    This is The Forbidden Word, an ePortfolio about an index of banned books by the Spanish Inquisition, or "Index librorvm prohibitorvm et expvrgandorvm novissimvs". The Spanish Catholic Church in the mid-17th century, under King Phillip IV, banned a la...

  • jbuow

    One of the most influential political works of all time, Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" asks what justifies political authority and who has the right to rule. According to Hobbes, humans are, by nature, unsuited for political life, and the only way they ...

  • wrnb7

    Around the 1930’s, the Soviet Union was drafting new legislation that would get rid of religious activities and education to try to persuade people away from religion. Most of the people apart of the Russian Orthodox Church were either shot or sent t...

  • pdzhy

    The Spirit Photographs collection features eerie images that allegedly capture ghosts alongside the living. Taken between 1868 and 1907, these photographs were popular within the growing Spiritualist movement, which sought to prove communication with...

  • 05e5z

    In 1994, Jean-Michel Bragard and Robert Kayser built La Première Machine à Lire les Cent Mille Milliards de Poèmes: un véritable jackpot littéraire! to make Raymond Queneau’s Cent mille milliards de poèmes easier to use. Queneau’s book, published in ...

  • 4rq4a

    In the early 15th century, Bruges artisans crafted Books of Hours, personalized prayer books reflecting their owners' spiritual and artistic preferences. One surviving manuscript reveals evidence of modular construction, where pre-made miniatures and...

  • pes51

    I chose to work with Scrapbook of Mid-Western Wanted Posters and Law Enforcement Ephemera. This was made by law enforcement and is full of wanted and missing people posters. Midwestern law enforcement compiled a scrapbook of wanted posters and relate...

  • bvltu

    According to the Lilly Library, in 1425 the English language was considered a vulgar language and this prayer book was considered disrespectful to God. This book, Psalter and Book of Hours, is considered one of the first prayer books ever written in ...