2024
Ethnics in the Digital Age
Name: Ethnics in the Digital Age
Code: FIL14375L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Philosophy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. To characterize the Information Society.
2. To define the distinctive type of Ethics knowledge.
3. To recognize the need for ethical questioning raised by the problems of the Digital Age.
4. To distinguish between: data and information; information and communication and knowledge; technique and technology.
5. To justify the specificity of the relationship between data and digital tools.
6. To grasp the importance of ethical foundation in human decision making.
7. To deepen the relationship between information and decision based on ethical criteria.
8. To understand the deontological nature of ethics for the digital world, the need for its institutionalization and its normative scope.
9. To exemplify the complementarity between rights and duties in the Digital Age.
2. To define the distinctive type of Ethics knowledge.
3. To recognize the need for ethical questioning raised by the problems of the Digital Age.
4. To distinguish between: data and information; information and communication and knowledge; technique and technology.
5. To justify the specificity of the relationship between data and digital tools.
6. To grasp the importance of ethical foundation in human decision making.
7. To deepen the relationship between information and decision based on ethical criteria.
8. To understand the deontological nature of ethics for the digital world, the need for its institutionalization and its normative scope.
9. To exemplify the complementarity between rights and duties in the Digital Age.
Contents
I. INFORMATION SOCIETY ETHICS AND AN UNAVOIDABLE RELATIONSHIP
I. 1 The contemporary character of Information Society
I. 2 Importance of information, communication and knowledge to each human person and organizations
I. 3 Ethics and responsible participation in the Information Society
I. 4 The concept of digital citizenship
II. DIGITAL TECHNIQUE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE LOGOS OF TO THE ETHICAL BASIS OF DECISIONS
II. 1 What is technique?
II. 2 From technical production to technology and the computerization of knowledge
II. 3 The place of intelligent machines and human purposes in decision making
II. 4 Ethical criteria of the production, diffusion and use of technological resources
III. ETHICAL ISSUES OF DATA PROCESSING
III. 1. The digital representation of the "world" and the "self"
III. 2. Human-technology-world relations in the Digital Age
III. 3. The imperative of transparency in the development of Big Data and AI technologies
III. 4. European and national data protection regulations
I. 1 The contemporary character of Information Society
I. 2 Importance of information, communication and knowledge to each human person and organizations
I. 3 Ethics and responsible participation in the Information Society
I. 4 The concept of digital citizenship
II. DIGITAL TECHNIQUE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE LOGOS OF TO THE ETHICAL BASIS OF DECISIONS
II. 1 What is technique?
II. 2 From technical production to technology and the computerization of knowledge
II. 3 The place of intelligent machines and human purposes in decision making
II. 4 Ethical criteria of the production, diffusion and use of technological resources
III. ETHICAL ISSUES OF DATA PROCESSING
III. 1. The digital representation of the "world" and the "self"
III. 2. Human-technology-world relations in the Digital Age
III. 3. The imperative of transparency in the development of Big Data and AI technologies
III. 4. European and national data protection regulations
Teaching Methods
In the course unit the following main methods will be used:
a) Presentation (in the introduction of themes and problems);
b) Text hermeneutics;
c) Debate (discussion and argumentation);
a) Presentation (in the introduction of themes and problems);
b) Text hermeneutics;
c) Debate (discussion and argumentation);
Assessment
Assessment: continuous through a test (40%), a practical individual project (40%) and participation in classes (20%); or through final exam: a written test (100%) or a written test and an oral test for students who obtain a result between 8 and 10.
Teaching Staff
- Ângelo Samuel Nunes Milhano [responsible]
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