From the course: Technology and Design Ethics
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Equity and common good
- The define capability modifications and their ripple effects give us the capability of evaluating each of them through an ethical lens. Here, the focus should be on equity and the common good. Now you have mapped out the capabilities and who they belong to and who they affect. The next step is to figure out if these capabilities do two things. First of all, if they are equitable, meaning they are accessible to everyone who could theoretically have access to them and if the effects of them are equitable, so they impact everyone equally. And the other part is do these capabilities improve the common good? 'Cause the purpose of a capability, when you define it in an ethical sense, is to say if I grant you a capability, or take a capability away from you, or limit your capability, or enhance your capability in something does that give you the ability to do and be what you have reason to value. So, looking at this,…
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