teaching cs ethics

This note last modified May 25, 2026

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Aggregator Websites

• Guides and resources from Mozilla
• A collection of assignments and syllabi
  • A syllabi I like
  • Another
• More general resources, including a great example syllabi

Ethics assignments

• Stanford embedded ethics
• Princeton Integrated Ethics
• Ethics roleplays
• Black Mirror Writer’s Room Exercise

Ethical Frameworks

• IFTF’s playbook. Contains roleplay scenarios
• Decision making framework based on normative ethics

Practical Questions

• How to engage students who don’t have an interest or background in philosophy.
• How to promote effective in-class discussion.
• How to run debates.
• How to assign / rubric / grade essays.
• How to make sure students are doing their reading outside of class.
• How to teach research methods and the identification of good sources.

Related

• ethical case studies
• Globalizing Technology

Further readings

• Teaching philosophy through roleplaying
• Designing Technology to support reflection
• Survey On Teaching With Digital Games-Takeuchi.md
• Schrier: Designing and using games to teach ethics and ethical thinking
• Campbell 2007: How can we know that ethics education produces ethical doctors?
• Hejase & Tabch: Ethics Education, an assessment case of the American University of Science and Technology-Lebanon
• Paul & Elder: Critical Thinking, competency standards essential to the cultivation of essential skills
• Ryan & Bisson. Can Ethics be taught?
• Elliot: Ethics in the first person, a guide to teaching and learning practical ethics