Ethics and ICT

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Contribution of the course to the program objectives (N°)

3.2, 3.3

4.2, 4.3

5.2, 5.5, 5.6

6.2, 6.3, 6.4

Specific learning outcomes of the course

a.      Disciplinary Learning Outcomes

Students having successfully followed this course will be :

• understanding why ethical reasoning is relevant for their specific disciplinary domain and more generally ;
• ble to identify within an ICT ethical/policy question which parts of the debate have to do with factual questions and which parts belong to a properly ethical dimension and how they should be articulated ;
• able to formulate an ethical question when facing a technical choice with an ethical dimension, and dare stating and arguing for their own view on the question ;
• grasping the spirit of a method in ethics to answer a given question, in relation to ICT ;
• aware of the content of the central arguments and rationale on issues such as, for example, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy, e-democracy and how they lead to specific challenges in well defined ICT contexts.

b.     Transversal Learning Outcomes

 Students having successfully followed this course will be :

• able to access the relevant sources on the topics seen in class and on other related ones ;
• able to work both individually and in group
• able to answer a question in a short well-structured written format, in non-technical language ;
• able to present their work orally.