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INFO517 Ethics and Informatics

10 cp
Prerequisites
Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent.

The discipline of ethics can be described as a systematic reflection on the morality of human actions. Its inclusion in the BIS course as a separate unit emphasises the importance of a considered ethical view of the professional practice of informatics, and of its social impacts. This unit examines some contemporary theories of ethics and their application to the work of informatics professionals.

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