Maricopa Community Colleges  PHI220   19956-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/25/95
PHI220 19956-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Philosophy of Technology
Philosophical considerations of environmental, economic, social, political, legal, and multicultural issues related to technology. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PHI220   19956-99999 Philosophy of Technology
1. Trace the historical development of various philosophies of technology through the ages. (I)
2. Describe and analyze the principles that govern the relationships among technology, ecology, space, society, global relations, and morality. (II)
3. Identify and explain the normative laws of conduct used to guide technology and its rapidly expanding applications. (III)
4. Identify and suggest technological policies with the goal of promoting world peace, worldwide free trade, political development, and environmental equilibrium. (IV)
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PHI220   19956-99999 Philosophy of Technology
    I. Historical Background
        A. Technology and the Ancients
        B. Technology and the Roman Empire
        C. Technology in the Middle Ages
        D. Technology in the Renaissance
        E. Post-enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
        F. Technology in the modern age
      II. Problems and Challenges of Technology
          A. Environment
          B. Space
          C. Society and politics
          D. Global issues
          E. Cultural diversity
        III. Technological Ethics
            A. Teleological theories
            B. Deontological theories
            C. Situational and virtue theories
            D. Rights and distributive justice theories
            E. Toward a plausible morality of technology
          IV. Philosophy of Technology and Public Policy
              A. Confidentiality
              B. Conflicts of interest
              C. Free trade and global development
              D. Technology in the Post-Cold-War era
              E. Related issues
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