The Place of Ethics in Computer Science Education
- Ethical issues surrounding modern computing technologies play an increasingly important role in the public debate. Yet, ethics still either doesn’t appear at all or only to a very small extent in computer science degree programs. This paper provides an argument for the value of ethics beyond a pure responsibility perspective and describes the positive value of ethical debate for future computer scientists. It also provides a systematic analysis of the module handbooks of 67 German universities and shows that there is indeed a lack of ethics in computer science education. Finally, we present a principled design of a compulsory course for undergraduate students.
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| Author details: | Gregor Große-BöltingORCiD, Lukas Scheppach, Andreas MühlingORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-615982 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-61598 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-86956-548-4 |
| ISSN: | 1868-0844 |
| ISSN: | 2191-1940 |
| Title of parent work (German): | Hochschuldidaktik Informatik HDI 2021 (Commentarii informaticae didacticae) |
| Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2023/11/09 |
| Publication year: | 2023 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Publishing institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2023/11/27 |
| Tag: | Bachelor; Course development; Curriculum analysis; Diversity; Ethics; Social impact |
| Issue: | 13 |
| Number of pages: | 15 |
| First page: | 173 |
| Last Page: | 187 |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | SR 910 |
| Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
| DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Open Access / Gold Open-Access | |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Commentarii informaticae didacticae (CID) / CID (2023) 13 / Vermittlung von Inhalten |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
