Introduction

What special circumstances are raised when we think through technology as media and vice versa? How does technology impact our sense of what is moral or ethical in the world? In thinking through issues of surveillance by the IoT, we can consider how our sense of privacy is impinged, and we can also consider the ethical dimensions of technology by reading theorists like Latour.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• understand the unique dilemmas posed by technologies
• know how technologies mediate our relationship with the world
• discuss technologies as not ethically neutral but having ethical prescriptions for use and participation in society.

Week 10

Introduction

Now that we understand technologies and media have a moral role to play in our world, what about other things? Robots and machines? Is this stretching it to far? We'll explore those ideas in the final week of discussion.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• Understand non-humans as moral actors
• Think about the moral dimensions of machines