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 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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