Introduction to Philosophy: 10.3 Business Ethics and Emerging Technology

A named section of OpenStax’s introductory textbook. Map benefits, harms and accountability in a technology decision.

How to study this source

• How do you reason through a difficult moral choice?

  commentaryOne business or technology case

  Map benefits, harms and accountability in a technology decision.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

• Introduction to Philosophy: 10.1 The Challenge of Bioethics

  Nathan Smith. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Introduction to Philosophy: 10.2 Environmental Ethics

  Nathan Smith. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Introduction to Philosophy: 8.3 Metaethics

  Nathan Smith. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

• Introduction to Philosophy: 9.5 Daoism

  Nathan Smith. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.