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Week 2 Forum 2 - Information Policy and Information Ethics Due by 11:59 pm Saturday 1. Answer discussion questions #32 and #38 in Quinn pg. 100. 2. Provide your thoughts about the "Moral Machine Experiment” article. 3. In chapter 1 Braman defines the “information state”; how do you understand Braman's “information state”? What “types of knowledge” are needed to understand the transformational aspects of information policy’s capability to implement authority? (pg.5) What are your thoughts about Braman’s assessment of why these “types of knowledge” are needed to develop information policy? (See notes for week 2 in "modules” for additional information) 1. Most ethical theories agree on a large number of moral guidelines. For example, it is nearly universally held that it is wrong to steal. What difference, then, does it make whether someone subscribes to the divine command theory, Kantianism, utilitarianism, or one of the other ethical theories? The differences in their foundations lead to variations in how those principles are applied and interpreted in specific situations. In divine command theory considers stealing a violation of the higher power, Kantianism considers it categorically wrong as it violates the moral principle of not treating others merely as a means to an end. In Utilitarianism it evaluates the consequences from the premise of stealing. Can moral decisions be made on a completely codified, algorithmic basis, or are there fundamental weaknesses to this approach to moral decision making? Algorithms can be used for consistency, transparency, scalability, and non-emotional evidence (reduce risk of emotional decisions), but there are also negatives. The negatives include things such as unforeseen consequences, lack of context understanding, subjectivity in moral value (diverse moral values), ethical dilemmas and tradeoffs, as well as dynamic nature of morality (evolving morality over time). Not all moral decisions can be made regarding algorithmic basis's due to some of them requiring human emotions for decision making. 2.Provide your thoughts about the "Moral Machine Experiment" article. | think trying to program a car with moral decision making is a useful and also useless at the same time. Useful as in sure it could stop or limit vehicular accidents of any nature but also useless if only a certain amount of people has those types of cars. It could be useful with limiting illegal road behavior by taking accountability, but it could also just very well end up being hacked making it just as useless as it was useful. 3. In chapter 1 Braman defines the “information state"; how do you understand Braman's “information state"? What “types of knowledge” are needed to understand the transformational aspects of information policy’s capability to implement authority? (pg.5) What are your thoughts about Braman's assessment of why these “types of knowledge" are needed to develop information policy? The information state term refers to a conceptualization where information become central to the functioning governance creating the identity of a nation. There are three types of knowledge, Research on empirical data, social theory, and the current and past knowledge of laws and policies. Braman's assessment of the knowledges and how they work together, if implemented correctly, could strengthen internal and external affairs within the US and any nation that utilizes this, however if done incorrectly entirely everything could collapse and if they only intersect in some cases then there could be no internal struggles in a nation but external struggles and the other way around as well.
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