PHL.3100 Impacts of Computing
This course will consider the ethical and social impacts of contemporary technology with an emphasis on the impact of computing, especially on children (e.g. how modern-day information technologies affect our privacy, how social relations are affected, how ethical decisions will need to be made, etc.). Our working thesis will be that technology is morally neutral, a tool that can be used well by understanding what a particular piece of technology promotes and discourages. Topics to be discussed include: ethics, social media, personal safety, reproductive and human enhancement technologies, information technologies, artificial intelligence, technology and the environment.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: one PHL course