For your response posts, address the following to the peers post below:
Do you agree with your peer about the ethical questions that need to be addressed in science and technology? Why, or why not?
Do you think these questions will be important in the future? Why, or why not?
JESSICA POST
One of the ethical questions that needs to be addressed in technology is the concept of informed consent in regards to social media platforms. Many times, people are recorded or captured in images planned by the primary user and without the other person's awareness and then shared or streamed online for anyone to see. While some states in the US specifically are "one-party consent" states, others are not. This can cause confusion and intentional or unintentional violation in places where two-party consent is mandatory. This topic matters to me because of how exposure, whether intentional or unintentional, can negatively affect others. Stalking, cyberbullying, harassment, and extortion can all be negative results of displaying someone on a globally accessible platform. Ethical decision making can be used to address the question of how to prevent this kind of outcome by factoring in who is involved, who it could harm or benefit, and whether stricter policies or a push for federal law keeping the party consent to two people is within reason or if it potentially creates new ethical dilemmas.
DAMARIUS POST
An ethical question I think needs to be addressed is new technology capable of interpreting or influencing brain activity, such as fMRI lie detection. It raises questions around cognitive liberty and the right to privacy of our thoughts. This technology being used in court rooms may be helpful but shouldn't be forced. We are guaranteed rights in the U.S Constitution from the Fifth Amendment to protect against self-incrimination. We cannot be forced to testify against ourselves. So, by using this new technology courts would be violating our rights. A framework that would help make a decision about this would be the Rights framework. Because it focuses on our individual rights we are guaranteed and backed by the U.S Constitution.