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COM 354 (10/11)
New Media Ethics
Why digital media ethics? – To make the right choice of two or more
possible actions . . . – To do the right thing for ourselves and
for larger communities . . . – using judgement in deciding and
applying frameworks best suited to particular dilemmas . . .– taking into account the characteristics of
digital media
characteristics of digital media• bits easily manipulated, reproducible
• instantaneous
• enduring
• global
What we do in digital media ethics
-Apply ethical frameworks in response to digital dilemmas.
OUTLINE
I. Paper Presentations: Digital Dilemmas
II. Virtues of virtual reality
III. Formulating ethical dilemmas (workshop)
–A. Great Firewall of China
–B. Facebook's new changes
HWK: TBA (10/18)
OUTLINE
I. Paper Presentations: Digital Dilemmas
II. Virtues of virtual reality and games
III. Formulating ethical dilemmas (workshop)
–A. Great Firewall of China
–B. Facebook's new changes
HWK: TBA (10/18)
Feminist ethics of care (recap)• Emotive dimensions of an ethical
problem
• Emotional response necessary when formulating a response to ethical problems
• Problems are ethical if they involve a web of personal relationships (not simply individuals with individual rights)
• both/and ways of responding to ethical problems rather than either/or
Virtue ethics (recap)phronesis (Aristotle's idea) of practical wisdom
•develop the capacity for judgement
•achieve 'eudaimonia' – happiness, well-being, contentment
•achieve autonomy as self-responsible human beings (less likely to follow the dictates of others).
Applying virtue ethics•How might a particular technology foster or hinder habits of excellence?
– (needed for a life of contentment)
– e.g. video games
Confucian ethics• Cultivating the behaviors and attitudes
to establish harmony (resonant relationships)
• Community
• Larger order
• The exemplary person
•Modesty and integrity
Virtues of virtual reality • Watch: http://to.pbs.org/dyuOI8
How does VR:
-foster habits of excellence?
-cultivate behaviors and attitudes to establish harmony?
-nurture human relationships?
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Formulating Digital dilemma #1Read 'Liu Xiaobo and the Great FireWall of
China'* here: http://bit.ly/c6TnrW
– Formulate an ethical question from the reading . . .
• Recognizing possible ethical responses
• Properties of digital media
background reading*
Formulating Digital Dilemma #2Read 'Impersonate Eric Schmidt Online Now
Before It Becomes a Crime'
here: http://bit.ly/dqQ0qM
– Formulate an ethical question from the reading . . .
• Recognizing possible ethical responses
• Properties of digital media
background reading*
HWK (Due Monday 10/18)
TBA