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Topics to coverBiggest changes post smart devices? GPS, instant msgs, less interaction, health tracking, alexa and google assistants, payments, daily planning, games, access to ......, etc,. How do technologies innovations change society? convinience, access to information, geopolities, security, dependency, globalization, more free time, less privacy, shorter attention, less labour work, etc,. 1. "Ethical theories" is a tool to consistently determine what to do in a dilemma >access the best act out of all choices. > *------------------------*----------------------*-----------------------* compulsory permissiable impermissiable forbidden acts acts acts acts 2. "Virtual ethics" >an ethical act is one which emulates virtue. >ancient greece. >aristotelian ethics >>nicomachean ethics >virtue is golden mean between extremes. >> >virtue grows over time. >>freely, intentionally choosen acts 3. Four virtues in ethics(to emulate to be a good person): Prudence: practical wisdom Temperence: self restraint Courage: mean between fear and overconfidence Justice: mean between too harsh and too convinience. 4. "Consequentialism" >only consequences matter >care about outcomes to determine if an act is ethical *--------------------------------*----------------------------------* ethical egoism utilitarianism ethical altruism >utility calculus __ >>for each act: | for each person directly affected: | sum pleasures and pains |------act utilitarianism >>for each act: | for each person indirectly affected: __ | 5. Rule utilitarianism >select act which generally provide most happiness according to a rule. 6. deontology >an act is ethical if one can reason it is ethical in all contents >>universal absolustic ethic >we have a duty to act ethically a)categorically imperative >>act should be done if we can universalize. >>act should treat as end 7. Social contract theory >tells us that society is build upon implicit and explicit social contracts. >an act is ethical if it generally promotes societal welfare >content >social contract change over time >governance is not always interest Download 21.23 Kb. Share with your friends:
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