Problem 1:

  • ethos - credibility
  • pathos - emotions
  • logos - logic

Problem 2:

  • Therac-25 was a radiation machine used for health
  • Software issue
  • not enough documentation, set qa process, etc
  • complacency in project
  • lead to deaths
  • user reports should be taken very seriously
  • waiting until after bad events to start fixing
  • race condition (for bad UI design caused a specific issue)
  • bad error logs

Problem 3:

  • rule utilitarianism - general rule for maximizing happiness (applied everywhere)
  • act utilitarianism - max utility for specific act
  • deontology - people as ends, consider what we ought to do (duty), unvirsal laws
  • social contract - protect everyone, consent of people, protect marginalized
  • vitrue ethics - asking what virtues we aspire and then acting based off what virtues we want

Problem 4: