WGU D333 Ethics in Technology Exam 1 || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
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WGU D333 Ethics in Technology Exam 1 || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
WGU D333 Ethics in Technology Exam 1 || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
Culture - ANSWER - a whole way of life
- Dominant, residual, emergent features
- "Received view" - the idea that culture
is organized to pro...
WGU D333 Ethics in Technology Exam 1
|| All Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
Culture - ANSWER - a whole way of life
- Dominant, residual, emergent features
- "Received view" - the idea that culture
is organized to promote values, beliefs,
etc. relative to technology
- Things could be otherwise and can be
changed
Technology - ANSWER - the goal and driver of progress,
economic well-being, the good life, and our
evolution into superior humans (?)
Received tradition of technological culture - ANSWER - Extremely powerful
- Warrants resistance
Explanatory frames (organizing principles) to explain the human
story - ANSWER - - Theistic
- Chaos
- Decline
- Progress
- Cyclical
Progress - ANSWER - improvement of mankind toward a state of perfection
- Perfection in what respects or domains (moral, material, etc.)?
New/better technology has often been associated with
human progress, so much so that we may come to assume
that new/better technology IS progress - ANSWER - "We say, 'progress equals more technology' not
'progress equals the better world created by means of
technology.'
How the Progress Story is Used - ANSWER - to promote a version of a better life, to sell
us things, to judge and control other
Convenience - ANSWER - something that increases comfort or saves work
Convenience today is driven by the want/need to overcome limits of
space and limits of time. - ANSWER - Space limits addressed by transportation tech
- Time limits addressed by reducing sleep, life extension tech
- Video conferencing, cloning, downloading ourselves Perpetual
State of
Dissatisfaction - ANSWER - A perpetual state of dissatisfaction
with who and what we are is a final
consequence of conceiving of the body
as having limits to overcome
Technological Determinism - ANSWER - Technology as Cause
A belief based on two hypotheses That the technical base of a society is the fundamental condition
affecting all patterns of social existence
- That changes in technology are the single most important source of
changes in society (printing press, industrial technology, computers,
social media)
■ Example: guns cause gun violence (the gun is to blame)
Critiques:
- Technologies do not determine effects (somebody's still got to shoot
the gun)
- People create and use technologies
■ Conclusion: technological determinism is at best a partial truth
Cultural Determinism - ANSWER - Technology as Effect
■ Assumes
- That the values, feelings, beliefs, and practices of the
culture cause particular technologies to be developed
and used
■ Example: people kill people (guns are innocent)
- That changes in culture result in changes in technology
■ Critiques
- What technology ends up doing is often unforeseen or
unintended
- Leads to an overly optimistic pro-technology stance
■ Conclusion: like technological determinism, cultural
determinism is at best a partial truth
Theistic Frame - ANSWER - Juda Christian, Islam etc. People understand human history in terms of divine forces
Chaos Frame - ANSWER - a. There is no orderly history Everything is random and chaotic
Decline Frame - ANSWER - a. Suggests human were moral and happy creates who have become more morally corrupt and dangerous over time
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