As per our in-class discussion last week, I have decided to condense my solution to one that measures short-term awareness, not long-term introspection. Instead of having a full course, I’m working to develop an exercise that can push entry-level engineering students to see the effect of bias in products.
I’ve begun reaching out to professors of similar courses at NYU Tandon to review their syllabi, relevant coursework and activities. I’ve added the descriptions for the two courses below.
HU-UY 347 | LA-UY 143 | PL-UY 2064 | PL-UY 2144 Ethics and Technology
This course considers how technology shapes and patterns—and is shaped and patterned by—human activities, from a moral point of view. This course focuses on how the technologically textured world changes human life, individually, socially and culturally, for better or worse. The course considers several views of technology and several ethical theories for evaluating technology. The course explains the structures of change and transformation and develops critical forms of thought, so that students can understand, evaluate, appreciate and criticize technological development.
PL-UY 2204W Philosophy of Technology
This survey of prominent approaches to the philosophy of technology asks: What are the philosophical problems presented by technology? How does technology influence ethics, politics and society? What is the relation of philosophy of technology to the traditional branches of philosophy (aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics)?
I really want to take these courses. This is a great direction.