Lecture: Virtue Ethics

Lecture: Virtue Ethics

Administrative information

Title Virtue Ethics
Duration 45
Module A
Lesson Type Lecture
Focus Ethical - Ethics Fundamentals
Topic Virtue Ethics

 

Keywords

Aristotele,Virtue,Ethics,

 

Learning Goals

  • Learner understands the concept of virtue.
  • Learner understands how this relates to AI.

 

Expected Preparation

Learning Events to be Completed Before

None.

Obligatory for Students

  • Gensler, H. J. (2017). Ethics: A contemporary introduction. Routledge. CH 11.2 Virtues
  • Virtue ethics – Aristoteles. School of Life - Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38. [1]

Optional for Students

  • N/A

References and background for students:

None.

Recommended for Teachers

  • Aristotle's ethics. Paula Gottlieb. In Roger Crisp (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics. Oxford University Press (2013)
  • Technology and the Virtues - A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting. Shannon Vallor, 2016, ISBN: 9780190498511

Lesson Materials

  • Slides: Virtue Ethics [2]
  • External source: Slides from a similar lesson held at BME [3]

 

The materials of this learning event are available under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

 

Instructions for Teachers

Outline

  • Short introduction (5 min)
  • Comparing to other ethics (5 min)
  • Virtue ethics
    • Aristotle's virtue theory (10 min)
    • Difference with rule-oriented ethics (aka attention to our inner states and feelings as opposed to focusing exclusively on actions) (10 min)
    • Critics of virtue ethics (5 min)
  • Relation with AI (10 min)

Interactive moments

  • Discussion; you may ask your students
    • Do they claim virtue ethics to be the best normative theory in the face of Artificial intelligence?
    • How a machine can contribute to moral excellence?

More information

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Acknowledgements

The Human-Centered AI Masters programme was co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union Under Grant №CEF-TC-2020-1 Digital Skills 2020-EU-IA-0068.

The materials of this learning event are available under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

 

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