HTW Berlin Fachbereich 4 Internationaler Studiengang Internationale Medieninformatik (Master) User-Centered Web Technology Summer Term 2019

Essay 3: Comparison Analysis

Recap the Goethe schools described in the education scenario in Chapter 3. Imagine that Goethe schools were offered technology that would enable them to select their students based on Big Data, in the same way as Stanford Online. First, argue from a virtue ethical perspective whether Goethe schools should embrace the data-driven approach to selecting students. Then, apply utilitarian and deontological reasoning to the same question. Compare your results. Finish with a personal perspective: Has your opinion on implementing the desired technology changed?

This essay should be around 10 pages.

Question is from Spiekermann, p. 202.

Submit your essay (in English or in German) to the Moodle area by 22.00 on July 22, 2019.