851-0745-00L Ethics Workshop: The Impact of Digital Life on Society
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, C. Brall, C. Landers, J. Sleigh |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Number of participants limited to 40. Open to all Master level / PhD students. |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||||||||
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| 851-0745-00 S | Ethics Workshop: The Impact of Digital Life on Society
 Block course three days. | 24s hrs |
| E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, C. Brall, C. Landers, J. Sleigh |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This workshop focuses on understanding and managing the ethical and social issues arising from the integration of new technologies in various aspects of daily life. |
| Learning objective | Explain relevant concepts in ethics. Evaluate the ethical dimensions of new technology uses. Identify impacted stakeholders and who is ethically responsible. Engage constructively in the public discourse relating to new technology impacts. Review tools and resources currently available that facilitate resolutions and ethical practice Work in a more ethically reflective way |
| Content | The workshop offers students an experience that trains their ability for critical analysis and develops awareness of responsibilities as a researcher, consumer and citizen. Learning will occur in the context of three intensive workshop days, which are highly interactive and focus on the development and application of reasoning skills. The workshop will begin with some fundamentals: the nature of ethics, of consent and big data, of AI ethics, public trust and health ethics. Students will then be introduced to key ethical concepts such as fairness, autonomy, trust, accountability, justice, as well different ways of reasoning about the ethics of digital technologies. A range of practical problems and issues in the domains of education, news media, society, social media, digital health and justice will be then considered. These six domains are represented respectively by unique and interesting case studies. Each case study has been selected not only for its timely and engaging nature, but also for its relevance. Through the analysis of these case studies key ethical questions (such as fairness, accountability, explain-ability, access etc.) will be highlighted and questions of responsibility and tools for ethical practice will be explored. Throughout, the emphasis will be on learning to make sound arguments about the ethical aspects of policy, practice and research. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 2 credits |
| Examiners | E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, C. Brall, C. Landers, J. Sleigh |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Learning materials
| No public learning materials available. | |
| Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |
| Places | 40 at the most |
| Waiting list | until 09.10.2021 |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences | Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Courses | W |  |
| GESS Science in Perspective | Sociology | W | |
| GESS Science in Perspective | D-HEST | W | |