a short look at ethics
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A short look at EthicsMathias Klang
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.
Can you make an ethical choice?
Which choices don’t need to be ethical?
Ethical choice: you & others
Ethical zones
Ethical choicesEffects on
others
Effects onother
sentientbeings
Effects on non-feelingbeings, ecosystems &culture etc
The non-choice choice: ethics without thought? Why did you drink coffee this morning?
The unreasoned choice
Which reasoning makes a choice ethical?
Choices are difficult
Problem of conflictProblem of motivation
Problem of attentionProblem of knowledge
Ethical theories
“Ethics is the knowledge about which response to choose and which action to do in a given situation”
Meta ethics
how we understand, know about, and what we mean when we talk about what is right and what is wrong.
Normative ethics
the study of what makes actions right and wrong
Ethics:a very very
short version
ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Culture
Human Nature
Good Evil
Choice?
Nurture Nature
absolutism
Ethical relativism
Social construct
Social Contract
Rousseau Hobbes
Utilitarianism
Bentham - Happiness
Teleological ethics
Mill - Good
Rule ethics
Kant
Duties – not impulses
Categorical imperative
Rawls
Rule creation
Veil of ignorance
Habermas
Discourse ethics
Virtue ethics
Aristotle’s Golden mean
Applied ethics
to apply ethical theory to real-life situations
Computer ethics
Computer Ethics is the analysis of the nature and social impact of computer technology and the corresponding formulation and justification of policies for the ethical use of such technology
Technological determinism
determinism Nothing to be done.
Technological determinism: society's technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values
Hard vs soft deterministsWe role the dice
L. Winner: do artifacts have politics?
Who creates what controls us?
What is technology?
Technology: techne (art) & logos (discourse)
• T as object– Tools, instruments, machines…
• T as knowledge– How to make and use the objects
• T as activity– Methods, routines & skills
• T as sociotechnical system– Design, development & control
A pattern of tech adoption
Initial optimism
Euphoric optimism
Concern
Social media & social change
optimism
Pessimism
an attempted revolution
balance
Technology changing society, but social rules slow to evolve…
THANKS!
Mathias Klang [email protected] or @klang67
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