A Level Computer Science Paper 1: 1.5.2 Ethical and Moral Issues
This flashcard set explores the ethical landscape of technology, distinguishing between ethics (community values), morals (personal conduct), and social issues (societal behaviors and expectations). It highlights how these concepts influence decisions in the digital world.
Ethics
Concerned with our values as a community and how they impact different groups in a society
Key Terms
Ethics
Concerned with our values as a community and how they impact different groups in a society
Morals
To do with our personal code of conduct, encompasses how we choose to behave including our decisions at the expense of others
Social issues
A term used for behaviours and expectations of a society
Cultural Issues
The term for matters that have an impact on the nature or culture of society
Benefits of workforce automation
Improved efficiency
Reduced strain on workers
Can work where it is too dangerous for humans
Reduce accidents
Downsides of workforce automation
Loss of jobs in certain sectors
Shift towards low-income jobs
Dependence on computers
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Ethics | Concerned with our values as a community and how they impact different groups in a society |
Morals | To do with our personal code of conduct, encompasses how we choose to behave including our decisions at the expense of others |
Social issues | A term used for behaviours and expectations of a society |
Cultural Issues | The term for matters that have an impact on the nature or culture of society |
Benefits of workforce automation | Improved efficiency |
Downsides of workforce automation | Loss of jobs in certain sectors |
Benefits of remote working | No commute (less fossil fuels, people work longer hours) Less people to distract you |
Downsides of remote working | Mental health issues due to less interaction Harder to separate home life and work |
Asimov’s First Law | A robot must not harm a human being or, through inaction, cause a human being to come to harm |
Asimov’s Second Law | A robot must obey all orders given to it by humans, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law |
Asimov’s Third Law | A robot must protect its own existence, except where such protection would conflict with the First or Second Laws |
Examples of automated decision making | Approving/denying a loan or mortgage Job offers Driverless cars Nuclear power systems Aeroplane autopilots |
AI vs automated decision making | automated decision making makes use of IF-THEN rules to reach an output but AI involves the machine actually learning |
Positive environmental impacts of computers | Home working (no commute) |
Negative environmental impacts of computers | Waste from products you’ve finished with |
UK free speech rules | The UK human rights act protects free speech but there are still exceptions such as inciting racial or religious hatred |
China free speech rules | International media is largely banned (great firewall) and it is illegal to criticise the government |
| Where broadband and internet access greatly varies, restricting the internet access of many |
Design Issues | Colours symbolise different things in different cultures |
Artificial Intelligence | The ability of a computer to replicate human intelligence, cognitive ability and grasp abstract concepts |
Censorship | The act of suppressing the content that people are able to view, publish and acess |