ABSTRACT

This paper presents a new ethics by design tool: The Moral-IT Deck. The deck is a set of physical cards that prompt reflection on normative aspects of technology development. Coupled with our Moral-IT Impact Assessment Board, they help technologists to reflect on how to address emerging ethical risks and implement appropriate safeguards. We present the card deck, their development and our empirical evaluation. The cards and board enable designers to reflect on challenges posed by their system and plan how to act in response. Our key findings relate to three themes, namely: the value of our cards as a tool, their impact on the technology design process, and how they structure ethical reflection. Key lessons and concepts conclude the paper, documenting how the cards level the playing field for debate; enable ethical clustering, sorting and comparison; provide appropriate anchors for discussion, and highlight the intertwined nature of ethics.

摘要

本文通过设计工具提出了一种新的道德规范：The Moral-IT Deck。这套牌是一套物理卡片，可以促使人们对技术发展的规范方面进行反思。再加上我们的道德-IT 影响评估委员会，它们可以帮助技术人员思考如何解决新出现的道德风险并实施适当的保护措施。我们介绍了卡片组、它们的发展和我们的经验评估。卡片和电路板使设计人员能够反思其系统带来的挑战，并计划如何采取应对措施。我们的主要发现涉及三个主题，即：我们的卡片作为工具的价值、它们对技术设计过程的影响以及它们如何构建道德反思。关键课程和概念总结了论文，记录了卡片如何为辩论提供公平的竞争环境；启用道德聚类，排序和比较；为讨论提供适当的锚点，并突出道德相互交织的本质。