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Ethics in Problem Solving


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Technology vs. Science

What is the difference between science and

technology?

Why are they separated?

What are the impacts of technology

compared to the impacts of science?

Can technology survive without science?

Can science survive without technology?


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Four areas where technology

effects people!

Technology includes

impacts on yourself

and others.

Technology deals withresource allocation.

Technology is

cultural.

Technology is a

decision process andnot just using tools.


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Technology includes impacts on yourself and others.

Main reason that ethics and technology

must co-exist.

AgriculturePopulation growthLaws

and codesenvironmental problems.

Other ways?


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Technology is a decision process and not just using

tools.

More than toolsits a decision process.

Technology is about solving problems that

nature and our human bodies wont.

Population increaseneed to record time

time keeping devicewater clocks, shadow

cross bars, sand glasses, etc.


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Technology is cultural.

Technology emerges as a cultural basis.

Increases standard of living.

Hand in hand with ethics of the culture.

Automobile in the US.


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Technology deals with resource allocation.

Technology uses resources!

Appropriate technology.

Printing PressWow!


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Technology and Problem SolvingSeveral centuries ago, a curious but deadly plague appeared in a small village in

Lithuania. What was curious about this disease was its grip on its victim; assoon as a person contracted it, he or she would go into a very deep almostdeathlike coma. Most individuals would die within twenty-four hours, butoccasionally a hardy soul would make it back to the full bloom of health. Theproblem was that since early eighteenth century medical technology was notvery advanced, the unaffected had quite a difficult time telling whether a victimwas dead or alive. This didn't matter too much, though, because most of the

people were, in fact, dead.Then one day it was discovered that someone had been buried alive. This alarmed

the townspeople, so they called a town meeting to decide what should be doneto prevent such a situation from happening again. After much discussion,most people agreed on the following solution. They decided to put food andwater in every casket next to the body. They would even put an air hole up

from the casket to the earth's surface. These procedures would be expensive,but they would be more than worthwhile if they would save some people'slives.

Another group came up with a second, less expensive, right answer. Theyproposed implanting a twelve inch long stake in every coffin lid directly overwhere the victim's heart would be. Then whatever doubts there were aboutwhether the person was dead or alive would be eliminated as soon as the

coffin lid was closed.


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Problem solving?

What differentiated the two solutions were

the questions used to find them.

First group: What should we do in the event

we bury someone alive?

Second group: How can we make sure

everyone we bury is dead?


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Innovation Tips

Always look for a second right answer.

The answers you get from a problem

depends on the questions you ask.

Let your creativity flow.


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Ethics in Problem Solving

Which of the two decisions, made by the

villagers, is the most ethical one?

How should moral and ethical judgments fit

into the villagers decisions?


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Read your mind? Pick a number between 1 and 9;

Subtract 5;

Multiply by 3;

Square the number (multiply by the same number);

Add the digits until you get a single digit (forexample, say your number was 64: 64 = 6 + 4 = 10= 1 + 0 = 1);

If the number is less than 5, add 5; otherwisesubtract 4;

Multiply by 2;

Subtract 6;


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Read your mind?

Relate the number you now have with a letter

in the alphabet where 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C and

so on; Pick the name of a country that begins with

that letter;

Use the second letter of the country and think

of an animal that begins with that letter;

Think of the color of the animal.


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Grey Elephant from Denmark!


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Self tests for problem solving

Role exchange testshoe was on the otherfoot

Universal consequences testwhat ifeveryone did this

New cases testany other situations that

are similar to this Subsumption testis this morally/ethically

acceptable


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Technology and Problem Solving

ResolutionPrinciples

Ends-based

Consequences /outcomes

Rule-based Principles

Duties / rights

Care-based Compassion

mercy

Role-based

Profession

virtues

How to solve problems

ethically

- Get the facts

- Identify the ethics involved

- Prioritize the ethical issues

- Apply resolution princ.- Recommendation

- Preventative ethics


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Sub-Arctic Survival Simulation

(TCS # 10, 12 & 13)

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