{"id":6767,"date":"2021-10-10T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/must-be-completed-within-5-hours-engineering-and-ethics-the-moral\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:20:03","slug":"must-be-completed-within-5-hours-engineering-and-ethics-the-moral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/must-be-completed-within-5-hours-engineering-and-ethics-the-moral\/","title":{"rendered":"Must be completed within 5 hours! – engineering and ethics- the moral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please complete within 4-5 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2 page paper written in APA format<\/p>\n

\u00a0Use Times New Roman or Calibri, font size 12, one-inch margins, double-spaced. \u00a0Don\u2019t forget to cite inside the paper. \u00a0Be sure to include references at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Moral Limits of Technology<\/h2>\n

The breakneck speed of technological innovation often means that innovators find themselves in uncharted moral territory. This can be both exciting and dangerous at the same time. As the fictional Dr. Ian Malcolm said in the movie Jurassic Park<\/em>, \u201cyour scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could<\/em>, they didn\u2019t stop to think if they should<\/em>.\u201d The concerns of social critics, politicians, and the public are often pushed to the wayside.<\/p>\n

Philosophers and ethicists distinguish between the descriptive (what we can do) and the prescriptive (what we should do). This is sometimes called the \u201cis-ought\u201d gap. One does not imply the other: just because we can do something doesn\u2019t mean we should.<\/p>\n

For this week\u2019s assignment, you will conduct research into technologies that currently are in \u201cuncharted moral territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first section should be a brief description of the technology you have identified. What is it, and how does it work?<\/p>\n

The second section should be the main focus<\/em>. You will answer the following questions:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0What are two distinct moral questions that it raises? (think of the concepts covered in the lesson)<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0How have the experts tried to answer them?<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0Are their answers acceptable?<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the future of this technology?<\/p>\n

By way of example, you might write about autonomous vehicle technology and the decision-making procedure a computer is programmed to take when it runs into conflicts involving different human lives<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Make sure that you justify your answers. Do not just give your opinion.<\/p>\n

Here are some other examples you might consider:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u201cSmart\u201d assistants (e.g. Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri)<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0\u201cSmart\u201d devices (e.g. Apple Watch, Smart glasses, RFID body implants)<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0Reproductive technology (e.g. \u201ctransitioning\u201d for transgender individuals)<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0Human genetic engineering \/ GMOs \/ Genetically engineered animals<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0DNA ancestry testing (e.g. 23andMe, Ancestry.com, MyHeritage)<\/p>\n

You are free to pick your own example, but it must be something that is currently in \u201cmoral limbo.\u201d<\/p>\n

For your submission, you will need to provide your own thoughts on the assignment, but in third person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please complete within 4-5 hours.\u00a0 2 page paper written in APA format \u00a0Use Times New Roman or Calibri, font size 12, one-inch margins, double-spaced. \u00a0Don\u2019t forget to cite inside the paper. \u00a0Be sure to include references at the end.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Moral Limits of Technology The breakneck speed of technological innovation often means that innovators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}