Assignment task: Ethics and Contemporary Issues: Technology Analysis
Please write an essay of approximately 1500 words in 12 pt Times New Roman font (or similar), to address the subject of human reliance on technology. You are to consider one of the following two scenarios for a historical situation of your choice:
a) Sometimes people fail to trust technology, which causes suboptimal performance or potential safety constraints (under-reliance)
b) Or on the contrary, blind trust is placed in devices that are expected to work correctly; we then fail to override the technology so that appropriate actions can be taken.
In your essay, please provide one specific example that illustrates the issue a) (under-reliance) or b) (overreliance) described above. For your case, provide a line drawing with appropriate features to describe the overreliance or under-reliance paradigm. Discuss why we may over-rely or under-rely on technology and how failures may have been avoided. What is the Standard of Care? Expand your discussion to suggest how to appropriately depend on technology for safety critical situations for some reasonable equilibrium in our "plugin" lives. Provide a utilitarian or respect for person's perspective.
Please carry out appropriate research and quote your sources (outside of the text book for this class).