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## Syllabus

In these three sessions we will tackle an introduction to the philosophy of technology and the central theme of our relationship with technology: are we determined by technology? Do we determine the technology or should the issue be explored in a radically different way? We will then deal with current topics in ethics and artificial intelligence. After that, we will end by reflecting on what it can mean to be a professional designer.

**Objectives**

- To understand the nature of technology and its relationship with humans.

- To know the limits and potentialities of ethical reflection.

- To gain an awareness and understanding of ethics and its entailments for the design profession

## Deliverables

2-page report based on exercises performed in class of one’s course project.

Submission deadline: April 30 2021

## Additional Resources

Casacuberta, D., y Guersenzvaig, A. (2019). Using Dreyfus’ legacy to understand justice in algorithm-based processes. AI & Society, 34(2), 313-319.

Benjamin, Ruha. (2019). Race after technology: Abolitionist tools for the new Jim Code. Cambridge: Polity.

Baym, Nancy. (2015). Personal Connections in the Digital Age: Digital Media and Society. London: Polity.

Eubanks, Virginia. (2018). Automating inequality: How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Gertz, Nolen. (2018) Nihilism and Technology. London: Rowman and Littlefield.

Guersenzvaig, Ariel. (2021). The Goods of Design. London: Rowman and Littlefield.

Kiran, A. H., Oudshoorn, N., y Verbeek, P.-P. (2015). Beyond checklists: Toward an ethical-constructive technology assessment. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 2(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2014.992769

Vallor, Shannon. Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Verbeek, Peter-Paul. Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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