Assignment Descriptions
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Midterm Essay
Length: 8-10 pages (not including Works Cited) in MLA format, 12-point font
Source Limit: Ten (10) source minimum
You must include a “Works Cited” page and use correct MLA format for in-text (parenthetical) citations.
Due: Tuesday, 10 October
Select an ethical theory covered in Carroll’s A Philosophy Reader and apply it to an event or a debate surrounding some new media technology or a specific work produced through the use of said technology. You might, for instance, evaluate Chat GPT in terms of Utilitarianism or Virtue Ethics. Be sure to consider real-world implications of these new social media technologies—as for instance the future of human intellectual work in light of Chat GPT or the psychological impact of new AI and its ability to create images indistinguishable from photography.