ID:
M435
Tipo Insegnamento:
Obbligatorio
Durata (ore):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
FILOSOFIA DEL DIRITTO
Url:
LAW, DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY/BASE Anno: 1
Anno:
2023
Dati Generali
Periodo Di Attività
Primo Semestre (11/09/2023 - 02/12/2023)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
The course develops an integrated approach to law and ethics in the research field of innovation and sustainability. The course welcomes students with different backgrounds interested in understanding ethical concerns of innovation and sustainable development. Legal culture has increasingly experienced the disruptive transformation of the digital and sustainability transition. Among the many factors that, today, compel legal scholars to inquiry innovative technologies, ethical foundations of legal systems are called into question. This course will address such issues from an ethics and law perspective.
The course builds on different conceptualizations of ethical reasoning from philosophy of law and ethics and applies them to topics of innovation and sustainability that raise relevant societal challenges. Topics include algorithms and digital identity; legal personhood for AI; digital ethics; data ethics; ethics of climate change; rights of future generations and intergenerational justice; corrective justice applied to sustainable practices; global justice. The course also offers a selection of case studies (including judicial cases) and applies different methodologies all based on the enquiry-based learning, including empirical methodologies, to solve complex ethical problems related to innovation and sustainability and develop law and ethics reasoning.
In particular, the course pays much attention to applied methodologies of teaching that are aimed to transfer also practical skills deriving from students’ first-hand experiences. Teachers and guest speakers will provide an overview on the most relevant core issues that reflect the current topical issues in the law and ethics applied to digitalization and sustainability. Students are expected to complete an innovative individual or collaborative project as the output of their ethics reasoning on legal issues, applying the combined knowledge and skills acquired through the course.
The course builds on different conceptualizations of ethical reasoning from philosophy of law and ethics and applies them to topics of innovation and sustainability that raise relevant societal challenges. Topics include algorithms and digital identity; legal personhood for AI; digital ethics; data ethics; ethics of climate change; rights of future generations and intergenerational justice; corrective justice applied to sustainable practices; global justice. The course also offers a selection of case studies (including judicial cases) and applies different methodologies all based on the enquiry-based learning, including empirical methodologies, to solve complex ethical problems related to innovation and sustainability and develop law and ethics reasoning.
In particular, the course pays much attention to applied methodologies of teaching that are aimed to transfer also practical skills deriving from students’ first-hand experiences. Teachers and guest speakers will provide an overview on the most relevant core issues that reflect the current topical issues in the law and ethics applied to digitalization and sustainability. Students are expected to complete an innovative individual or collaborative project as the output of their ethics reasoning on legal issues, applying the combined knowledge and skills acquired through the course.
Prerequisiti
None.
Metodi Didattici
Acquisition: lectures, podcasts and online quizzes
Practice: guest speakers, case study and simulation
Investigation: analyzing ideas and information in a range of materials and resources
Collaboration: small group project, discussing others’ output and building joint output
Discussion: seminars, group-based class discussion, synchronous and asynchronous discussion
Production: essays (on a voluntary basis)
Practice: guest speakers, case study and simulation
Investigation: analyzing ideas and information in a range of materials and resources
Collaboration: small group project, discussing others’ output and building joint output
Discussion: seminars, group-based class discussion, synchronous and asynchronous discussion
Production: essays (on a voluntary basis)
Verifica Apprendimento
The assessment of students’ learning will be based on:
Attendance and active participation to class discussions and debates on readings and cases (40%). Evaluation period: throughout the course.
Written test (30%). Evaluation period: one every three weeks.
Presentation of Labs’ work and oral exam (30%). Evaluation period: last week of the course and final exam.
The participation in lab sessions is strongly encouraged.
More details regarding materials for and timings of evaluations will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Students are asked to work in groups to tackle ethical issues concerning innovation and sustainability, prepare original research supported by relevant bibliography and data analysis, discuss in class different perspectives to address the issue. Students will be supported through workshops and lab sessions in drafting the final brief paper (a case study analysis or a problem-based project work).
Attendance and active participation to class discussions and debates on readings and cases (40%). Evaluation period: throughout the course.
Written test (30%). Evaluation period: one every three weeks.
Presentation of Labs’ work and oral exam (30%). Evaluation period: last week of the course and final exam.
The participation in lab sessions is strongly encouraged.
More details regarding materials for and timings of evaluations will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Students are asked to work in groups to tackle ethical issues concerning innovation and sustainability, prepare original research supported by relevant bibliography and data analysis, discuss in class different perspectives to address the issue. Students will be supported through workshops and lab sessions in drafting the final brief paper (a case study analysis or a problem-based project work).
Testi
The analysis of current issues makes it impossible to refer to a specific textbook. The slides, referring to a given lesson, will be made available to students on LuissLearn. However, for a general and informative overview of the most relevant issues in the research field, students can refer to:
K. Bosselmann (2016). The principle of sustainability: transforming law and governance. Taylor & Francis.
F. Ekardt, (2019). Sustainability: Transformation, Governance, Ethics, Law. Springer.
L. Coleman (2001). The Practice of Principle: In Defence of a Pragmatist Approach to Legal Theory. Oxford University Press.
M. D. Dubber, F. Pasquale, S. Das (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI. Oxford University Press.
L. Floridi (2019). The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design. Oxford University Press.
W. Jenkins (2013). The Future of Ethics. Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity. Georgetown University Press.
S. Zuboff (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Public Affairs.
Suggested classics:
H. Arendt (2019). The Human Condition. The University of Chicago Press.
H. Jonas (1985). The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. University of Chicago Press.
B. Williams (2011). Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. Routledge.
K. Bosselmann (2016). The principle of sustainability: transforming law and governance. Taylor & Francis.
F. Ekardt, (2019). Sustainability: Transformation, Governance, Ethics, Law. Springer.
L. Coleman (2001). The Practice of Principle: In Defence of a Pragmatist Approach to Legal Theory. Oxford University Press.
M. D. Dubber, F. Pasquale, S. Das (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI. Oxford University Press.
L. Floridi (2019). The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design. Oxford University Press.
W. Jenkins (2013). The Future of Ethics. Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity. Georgetown University Press.
S. Zuboff (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Public Affairs.
Suggested classics:
H. Arendt (2019). The Human Condition. The University of Chicago Press.
H. Jonas (1985). The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. University of Chicago Press.
B. Williams (2011). Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. Routledge.
Contenuti
Module 1: Law and ethics: foundations
Module 2: Law and ethics as applied to digitalization and innovation technologies.
Module 3: Law and ethics as applied to sustainability concepts, regulations and policies.
In particular, the course will address the following issues and topics:
- fundamentals of law and ethics
- ethical issues of innovation and science
- surveillance, security, democracy. In the cyberspace
- the role of trust in digital technologies and data governance
- emerging legal issues related to algorithmic regulation
- ethical approach to AI
- data ethics across data spaces (health….)
- the concept of (economic, environmental and social) sustainability within an innovation-oriented approach
- rights of future generations and intergenerational justice
- sustainability and legal compliance
Module 2: Law and ethics as applied to digitalization and innovation technologies.
Module 3: Law and ethics as applied to sustainability concepts, regulations and policies.
In particular, the course will address the following issues and topics:
- fundamentals of law and ethics
- ethical issues of innovation and science
- surveillance, security, democracy. In the cyberspace
- the role of trust in digital technologies and data governance
- emerging legal issues related to algorithmic regulation
- ethical approach to AI
- data ethics across data spaces (health….)
- the concept of (economic, environmental and social) sustainability within an innovation-oriented approach
- rights of future generations and intergenerational justice
- sustainability and legal compliance
Risultati Di Apprendimento Attesi
Knowledge and understanding: By the end of the course, students should be able to develop a critical comprehension of the inner functioning of innovation ecosystems and their ethical implications; understand the ethical foundations of legal systems, their changes and challenges in the current time as well as their future prospects, finding themselves dealing with the digital and sustainability transition; reflect independent and creative thinking, occasionally reaching “out of the box” and “lateral” way of thinking.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to evaluate the impact of disruptive changes in the legal and moral system; effectively communicate and work, as an expert, in innovation and sustainability ethical issues.
Making judgements: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to present an informed scientific opinion in the public debate concerning legal principles for ethical decisions in the innovation and sustainability debate; apply reasoning in the main innovation economics subjects, thanks to the understanding of the legal aspects of ethics involving technological innovation and sustainability; gather and interpret information and data from different sources, in order to make judgements in an independent way; prepare original research supported by relevant bibliography and data analysis, and discuss and assess different perspectives and methods.
Communications Skills: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to develop the ability to express themselves through written assignments and oral presentations of readings and cases; foster the development of relational skills in international and multicultural settings; be aware of the debate on ethics of innovation and sustainability and actively participate in the discussion with experts.
Learning skills: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to draft hypotheticals with case-studies; solve problems in dynamics settings and develop critical positions. This ability will be acquired through class participation, open discussion, and problem-based written assignments.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to evaluate the impact of disruptive changes in the legal and moral system; effectively communicate and work, as an expert, in innovation and sustainability ethical issues.
Making judgements: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to present an informed scientific opinion in the public debate concerning legal principles for ethical decisions in the innovation and sustainability debate; apply reasoning in the main innovation economics subjects, thanks to the understanding of the legal aspects of ethics involving technological innovation and sustainability; gather and interpret information and data from different sources, in order to make judgements in an independent way; prepare original research supported by relevant bibliography and data analysis, and discuss and assess different perspectives and methods.
Communications Skills: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to develop the ability to express themselves through written assignments and oral presentations of readings and cases; foster the development of relational skills in international and multicultural settings; be aware of the debate on ethics of innovation and sustainability and actively participate in the discussion with experts.
Learning skills: Upon completing the study program, students will be able to draft hypotheticals with case-studies; solve problems in dynamics settings and develop critical positions. This ability will be acquired through class participation, open discussion, and problem-based written assignments.
Criteri Necessari Per L'assegnazione Del Lavoro Finale
Proficiency in the English language.
Evident interest for the subject.
Intellectual appreciation of the Mentor.
Evident interest for the subject.
Intellectual appreciation of the Mentor.
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