PHI 208 - Ethics & Technology

This course discusses ethical issues of technology, specifically modern technologies. Examples from modern technologies, including but not limited to computer information technology, electronic technology, and biogenetic technology will be introduced and discussed from the perspective of major theories of ethics (Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, Natural Law Ethics, Social Contract Theory, and Virtue Ethics). Particular approaches may include social/critical reflection on the development and consequences of technology, analysis of how gender, race, socio-economic or geographic factors impact access and use of technology, and systematic investigation of practices of invention and design on contemporary spheres of the political, spiritual, environmental, and social. Fulfills the Ethics/Morality requirement.

Credits: 3

Class Level Sophomore Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate