Situating Major Ethical Theories (And Applications for AI!)

How do we decide if an action is "good" or "bad"? Whether you're judging a friend's white lie or a Silicon Valley giant's latest algorithm, you're using a normative ethical framework—even if you don't know it.

In this video, we break down the major schools of ethical thought and see how they apply to the hottest topic in tech: Artificial Intelligence.

In this video, you’ll learn:

• Consequentialism: Why the outcome is all that matters.
• Deontology: Why some rules can never be broken (and what Kant has to do with it).
• Virtue Ethics: Why we should ask "What would a good person do?"
• The AI Problem: Since AI can’t actually "act" with intent, how do we apply these 2,000-year-old theories to modern code?

We also dive into Asimov’s Laws of Robotics and how different frameworks (like Contractualism and Divine Command Theory) change the way we build and regulate technology.

Is it the rules we give them, or the data we feed them?