1. Provide a written summary of each of the 4 primary elements from your group poster project:
(a) Description of the information technology, noting any uniqueness issues that lead to conceptual muddles and/or policy vacuums
(b) Discussion of at least 2 core ethical concerns that arise from this technology.
(c) Discussion of how different ethical frameworks (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, etc) might resolve these ethical concerns. Note any differences or challenges to how they would approach the ethical issue.
(d) Try to suggest possible solutions for dealing with the ethical issue: Can we clarify conceptual muddles through education, new social norms, etc? Can we address the ethical concern through a change in design of the technology? Or a code of ethics? Or a new law
to full a policy vacuum?
Do not merely repeat the bullet points from your poster, but write a descriptive essay in your own words, summarizing these core elements.
2. Pick two other posters (not your own), and, using your own words, briefly describe both an ethical issue and a mitigation strategy identified by each poster. Then, state whether you think each proposed strategy will be possible or successful. Why or why not?
3. Looking back on the entire semester, pick one ethical issue/example that you found most surprising or most important. Explain why this issue jumps out to you, and describe 2 things you could do to raise more awareness of the ethical problem (education, advocacy, resistance, organize a protest, create a Facebook group, start a blog, write a letter to a newspaper, create a YouTube video, etc). Describe what you would do or say.