Ethics and Technology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
This course explores the intersection of ethical theory and technological innovation, examining how advancements in fields such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, information systems, and digital media impact society, privacy, and human behavior. Students will analyze key ethical frameworks and apply them to real-world scenarios involving emerging technologies, addressing questions of responsibility, justice, equity, and the broader social implications of technological change. Through case studies, debates, and critical discussions, the course encourages students to develop a thoughtful and informed approach to ethical decision-making in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Recommended Textbook Society Ethics and Technology 5th Edition by Morton Winston
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Chapter 1: History
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Q1) Who patented the telephone?
A) Bell
B) Morse
C) Rockefeller
D) Morgan
Answer: A
Q2) When was the first telegraph line built?
A) 1786
B) 1820
C) 1843
D) 1876
Answer: C
Q3) Which 19 century personality is credited with building technology that used an alternating current?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Thomas Edison
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Society
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Q1) Who wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions?
A) Marcuse
B) Young
C) Habermas
D) Kuhn
Answer: D
Q2) In 1860,which of these port cities had at least 100,000 people?
A) Washington, D.C.
B) Philadelphia
C) Miami
D) Tampa Bay
Answer: B
Q3) Who distinguished between technical rationality and substantive rationality?
A) Marcuse
B) Giddens
C) Uffrey
D) Habermas
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Ethics
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Q1) Johnson and Powers explicitly deny that moral evaluation is:
A) Zero sum
B) Cumulative
C) Applicable to agents
D) Applicable to actions
Answer: A
Q2) Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency:
A) Diminishes the responsibility of their users
B) Does not diminish the responsibility of their users
C) Is philosophically mistaken as it broadens the scope of the moral community too far
D) Is philosophically mistaken as it still offers an overly narrow view of moral agency
Answer: B
Q3) What model of intentional behavior has contemporary action theory suggested?
A) A casual model
B) A modal model
C) A causal model
D) A technological model
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Security Surveillance
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Q1) How much does the Teal Group estimate the aerial drone industry will be worth per year over the next decade?
A) $100 billion
B) $11.3 billion
C) $111.3 billion
D) $100 million
Q2) Which government agency has the Carnivore program?
A) The FBI
B) The CIA
C) The USDA
D) HUD
Q3) To which industrial age does Max Boot date the basic structures of the American Navy and Air Force?
A) First Industrial Age
B) Second Industrial Age
C) Third Industrial Age
D) Fourth Industrial Age
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Chapter 5: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
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Q1) Whose research in science and society has sustained the idea that technoscientific knowledge stabilizes in society?
A) Renè von Schomberg
B) John Rawls
C) Sheila Jasanoff
D) Isaac Asimov
Q2) The Euron Roboethics Altier,Ethicbots,and Coordination Action for Robotics in Europe are three projects that?
A) Plan for a potential future clash of human and robotic culture
B) Consider how to integrate robots into future society
C) Identify and analyze technoethical issues in robotics
D) Determine the profitability of pursuing developments in advanced robotics
Q3) The statement "The most important moral obligation is our personal relationship with the action of making or using robots" defines what school of ethics?
A) Modern Ethics
B) Virtue Ethics
C) Descriptive Ethics
D) Rights Ethics
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Chapter 6: Nanotechnology
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Q1) Double-exponential trends in the price performance of all information technologies offset what?
A) Deflation factors
B) Lack of natural resources
C) Inflationary factors
D) Political factors
Q2) What is the most cost-effective way to ensure certain nanotechnology scales up is via what?
A) Self-immolation
B) Self-deprecation
C) Self-esteem
D) Self-replication
Q3) Who has designed robotic replacements for human blood cells that perform thousands of times more effectively than their biological counterparts?
A) Eric Drexler
B) Robert Freitas
C) Gordon Moore
D) Bill Joy
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Chapter 7: Inernet & Social Media
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Q1) Which two German magazines' apps did Apple censor in 2010 because of displays of nudity?
A) Bidlt and Der Spiegel
B) Der Spiegel and Stern
C) Bildt and Stern
D) Stern and Focus
Q2) Enhanced agency is also evident in the functionality and philosophy of:
A) Web 2.0
B) Social media
C) Search engine optimization
D) HTML programming
Q3) Which Columbia professor states that technologies go through a cycle where they are first revolutionary,then locked down by monopolists?
A) Tom Wolfrom
B) Tim Wu
C) George Bush
D) Al Franken
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Chapter 8: Biotech and Genetic Engineering
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Q1) What is the name given to the form of reproduction producing individuals who are genetically identical to an already existing individual?
A) In vitro fertilization
B) Cloning
C) Xeroxing
D) Blastocisim
Q2) What,according to Nicholas Agar,is the distinguishing mark of the new liberal eugenics?
A) State neutrality
B) Government involvement
C) Fairness
D) Inclusivity
Q3) Who wrote Running on Ritalin?
A) Michael Sandel
B) William F. May
C) Leon Kass
D) Lawrence Diller
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Chapter 9: Population, environment, Climate Change
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Q1) What organization helped spearhead the sustainable development movement in the 1980s?
A) International Union of Students (IUS)
B) International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
C) The World Academy of Science (WAS)
D) Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Q2) What region of the world has the highest percentage of chronically hungry people at 34 percent?
A) Central Asia
B) Eastern China
C) Eastern Europe
D) Sub-Saharan Africa
Q3) What rare-earth element is essential in the production of permanent magnets for hybrid-vehicle motors?
A) Tantalum
B) Neodymium
C) Niobium
D) Chromium
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