Nosedive and Virtue (1)
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After completing the readings, and watching the Black Mirror episode, complete the following
questions:
1) Nosedive” insinuates that our behavior will improve if we know that our behavior is always
being observed and judged. Provide reasoning for whether a social app like the one in the Black
Mirror episode would make us more virtuous given the principles of Virtue Ethics.
I believe a social app such as the one in the episode would make people more virtuous.
Virtue ethics revolves around learning virtues through life experiences. The cultivation of
these virtues could easily be accelerated by the social application. Something like this
could teach both fortitude and prudence quite effectively.
2) Does surveillance make us behave better? Provide some research on surveillance and
behavior to support your reasoning.
I am a firm believer that surveillance makes people behave better. From personal
experience, seeing a camera makes me feel like I have done something wrong, even if I
have not. Because of this, I am always sure to be on my best behavior in front of the
camera. I have heard this sentiment shared between some other people before. I found
an article from “Frontier” that says people are more likely to help and assist others when
they know they are being watched.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01937/full
3) Look back at the case study we did in the text of Chapter 11 (the student journalists tempted
to lie to the nurse in order to get access to the lab explosion story).
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How would a deontologist decide whether lying to get the story is moral or not?
Using the deontologist theory, the decision to lie to get the story is not moral. Deontology
determines right from wrong based on basic rules, and lying is considered morally wrong
under any circumstance under this theory. Despite the potential benefits, deontology
would label this immoral.
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How would a virtue ethicist decide whether lying to get the story is moral or not?
I believe that virtue ethics would decide that this situation is morally right. Virtue
ethics revolves around learning ethics through experience. Lying to get the story,
while bad, is an experience that could easily teach virtues.
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