Tech Ethics Today
Thu, Feb 12
Technology ethics has grown tremendously as a field over the past several years as disruptive technologies such as social media and AI have impacted society in various ways. Today's lecture examine the core of the discipline, with a focus on its intellectual strengths and major limitations.
We have two main in-class learning goals. By the end of lecture today you will:
- Gain working knowledge of the interplay between the buisness ethics and tech ethics fields.
- Understand how the three main ethical frameworks show up in technology ethics.
The slides for today's lecture.
Read This:
Yale philosopher Luciano Floridi on Ethics After the Information Revolution (Chapter 1 of The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics)
Kirsten Martin, Katie Shilton, and Jeffery Smith on Business and the Ethical Implications of Technology (read up to the "Navigating the Special Issue" section)
Do This:
The instructions for Project 01 have Been Released.
The project for this unit on the philosophy of technology will be the creation of a Zine that summarizes your group's dialogues over the course of the next few weeks. Review the instructions that have been posted on the Project 01 page.
This project is due Thursday 2/26 at 5pm.
Writing Reflection 03
See the instructions posted on the assignment's page.
This writing reflection is due on 2/17 at 5pm.
This Week's Dialogue Group Meeting
Find at least one hour to meet with your group to discuss the prompt of the week: What challenges do you think you will encounter in your early career in tech?
Schedule your group meeting for next week. The new prompt is: Pick a digital technology that you use or are interested in to analyze through dialogue. What are the key features of the chosen technology?