
Explore meta ethics, normative ethics, and virtue ethics, analyze the trolley problem and its real-world relevance to driverless cars and autonomous drones, and examine novel problem variants.
Compare ethical decision-making models: the Markkula five-step and the plus model, and apply them to self-driving car dilemmas. Examine ethics beyond feelings, law and culture; compare relativism with universal values.
Explore ethical leadership and its principles—fairness, accountability, transparency, responsibility, honesty, equality, and respect—and how leaders shape culture, trust, and ethical decision making, with Milgram as a caution.
Explore codes of conduct, codes of ethics, and oaths, and examine internal and external accountability to build ethical culture, reporting mechanisms, and responsible corporate social responsibility.
Explore the trolley problem to compare utilitarian reasoning with moral intuitions, highlighting switch and bridge scenarios, emotion, and brain activity, with implications for autonomous systems and ethical programming.
The lecture explores driverless car ethics, comparing utilitarian and duty-based choices, and surveys public values via the Moral Machine to inform regulation of social trade-offs.
Explore how self-driving cars face moral trade-offs, from minimizing harm to questions of accountability, design bias, and who should decide these rules.
In this course, you will learn a number of different ethical theories, identify which ethical approach you align to based on your values, and discover how to make ethical decisions.
The philosophy of ethical behavior is the basis of any professional. You must always act with integrity and in your clients' best interests, no matter what. This means being honest and transparent in all your dealings, even when it may be difficult or inconvenient. It also means refusing to take shortcuts or engaging in unethical behavior, such as bribery or corruption. By following this philosophy, you can build a reputation as an honest and reliable professional, which will benefit you throughout your career.
This knowledge will help you stay on top of the latest changes in the field and ensure that you are always acting within the law.
The impact of ethics on society is undeniable. By following a code of ethics, individuals help maintain the trust and integrity of their professions. Following this course, you will be able to not only understand your values, but make effective ethical decisions.
In addition, by upholding high ethical standards, professionals set an example for others to follow. This can help create a culture of honesty and integrity, which is essential for the healthy functioning of any society.