2021 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT)
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Abstract

How best to teach ethics to computing students is an unsettled question, with a variety of pedagogical approaches represented even as the demand for such instruction continues to grow. One important component is the degree to which ethical thinking requires speculation about future harms. This abstract for a lightning talk presents the Black Mirror Writers Room as one pedagogical strategy for teaching ethical speculation as a skill, with some preliminary ideas for iterations on this exercise.
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