Artificial Upbringing

AFTER REVIEWING SCENARIO INFORMATION AND DOING SOME SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH, RESPOND TO THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS:

1. Share your initial response to this product – are you enthusiastic? Do you have trepidations? Would you want to have this product for your own children?
2. Who are the stakeholders involved? Who should be consulted about the project’s goals and development?
3. What additional facts might be required? What practical steps might you need to take in order to access the information/perspectives needed to manage the ethical landscape of this project?
4. What are some other ethical issues that any designers/developers of such a device would need to address?
5. How might this project be evaluated through the various ethical ‘lenses’ described in the “Conceptual Frameworks” documentLinks to an external site.?
6. In this project, what moral values are potentially conflicting with each other? Is there any way to reconcile them? Even if conflict is unavoidable, are there ways to respect all relevant interests/values? How?
7. As a project team, how might you go about sorting through these ethical issues and addressing them? Which of the ethical issues you have identified would you prioritize, and why? Who would be the appropriate persons on a team to take those steps? At what level, and by what methods, should decisions be made within the company about how to manage the ethical issues raised by this project?

Be sure that:

• It is formatted in a 12-point readable font, double spaced, with no greater than 1″ margins.
• Your response is a minimum of 3-4 typed pages of original content.
• You thoroughly address each question within your chosen prompts
• You have proofread your work thoroughly for grammar, spelling, and mechanics
• Your responses to prompts are clearly organized in a way that supports reader comprehension
• You properly cite any sources used with APA style including the short-form inline citation and full reference list at the end of your work.