Skip to main content

Cluster Search Engine


Philosophy Department Clusters

Ethics of Technology H1PHL006

This cluster addresses ethical concerns associated with technological innovation and its social and environmental impact. It introduces students to methods of ethical analysis, ethical frameworks, and their significance for professional decision-making. The more advanced courses provide foundational understanding and in-depth analysis of social and ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, bias in algorithmic decision-making, social media algorithms, autonomous vehicles, neuro-enhancement, biotechnologies, geoengineering, energy technologies, complex systems, and sustainability.

Fulfills the Humanities area of the Rochester Curriculum. Declare This Cluster

This cluster addresses ethical concerns associated with technological innovation and its social and environmental impact. It introduces students to methods of ethical analysis, ethical frameworks, and their significance for professional decision-making. The more advanced courses provide foundational understanding and in-depth analysis of social and ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, bias in algorithmic decision-making, social media algorithms, autonomous vehicles, neuro-enhancement, biotechnologies, geoengineering, energy technologies, complex systems, and sustainability.

Fulfills the Humanities area of the Rochester Curriculum.

Choose one or two of the following
PHIL102 Ethics
PHIL103 Moral Problems
Crosslisted as EHUM103, PHIL103, SUST114.
PHIL120 Ethics of Technology
Valid Starting Fall 2017
Choose one or two of the following
PHIL102 Ethics
PHIL103 Moral Problems
Crosslisted as EHUM103, PHIL103, SUST114.
PHIL120 Ethics of Technology
Valid Starting Fall 2017
Choose at least one of the following
PHIL235 Data, Algorithms, Justice
Valid Starting Spring 2020
PHIL257 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Valid Starting Spring 2019
Crosslisted as PHIL257, PHIL257W, PHIL457.
PHIL312 Neuroethics
Choose at least one of the following
PHIL235 Data, Algorithms, Justice
Valid Starting Spring 2020
PHIL257 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Valid Starting Spring 2019
Crosslisted as PHIL257, PHIL257W, PHIL457.
PHIL312 Neuroethics
You may also choose one of the following
PHIL135 Environmental Ethics
Valid Starting Spring 2017
PHIL230 Environmental Justice
You may also choose one of the following
PHIL135 Environmental Ethics
Valid Starting Spring 2017
PHIL230 Environmental Justice