Ethics and Technology

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Critically analyze the historical evolution of technological innovations and their impacts on people, cultures, and societies.

• Identify, analyze, and articulate the essential components of Aristotelian virtue theory.

• Reflect, critically evaluate, and argue the impacts of technology on the student’s own life experiences and developmental processes—intellectually, socially, emotionally, and ethically.

• Critically synthesize and argue the student’s position on the applicability of technomoral virtues to 21st century (and future) technologies.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Readings/Viewings/Discussions[One, integrated assignment category—foundation of course]	30%
Quizzes	20%
Mid-Term Analysis Paper	25%
Final Exam: Questions & Short Essay	25%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
94 - 100%	A
90 - 93%	A-
87 - 89%	B+
83 - 86%	B
80 - 82%	B-
77 - 79%	C+
73 - 76%	C
70 – 72%	C-
67 – 69%	D+
63 – 66%	D
60 – 62%	D-
Below 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

BLS 363-01 is an asynchronous online class. Attendance and participation cannot be physically monitored. Grades are based on student performance.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

*NOTE: The following texts are required purchases for those students who prefer reading PRINT material:
- Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting (2016) by Shannon Vallor / ISBN: 9780190905286
- The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Book (2013) / ISBN-13: 978-1434442048
*Online formats of these titles will also be provided in Canvas modules.