Ethics of Digital Technologies

The course focuses on the ethical implications that emerged with the rise of digital technologies. The latter have deeply impacted human social dynamics, generating new types of flows of information and communication. Meanwhile, data about us are increasingly present in the digital sphere. This has raised concerns about privacy, transparency, and social justice at large. The continuous interactions with and through digital technologies fuel the need to understand the moral and philosophical repercussions of being digital selves. The course explores various ramifications of ethical concerns in the digital era, incorporating real-life case studies so as to stimulate students' capacity to develop an ethical standpoint within the sector of IT and AI.