> Is ethics not taught in Israeli Computer Science curricula?
...Is ethis taught in any CS curriculum?
It sure wasn't in mine (but to be fair, that was in Switzerland).
...Is ethis taught in any CS curriculum?
It sure wasn't in mine (but to be fair, that was in Switzerland).
Ethics in software is something we should all probably talk about a little more often.
Viewed from the lens of "CS is a researcher/PhD candidate mill", a lack of focus on ethics makes some sense to the cynic in me.
Knowing Ethics doesn't really mean much, given ethicists aren't more ethical than normal people [0].
As an aside, another consideration is this isn't some private corporation, it's every government, you've got to consider the number of people before someone like Snowden popped their faces out.
[0] https://qz.com/1582149/ethicists-are-no-more-ethical-than-th...
It remains to this day the one course whose lessons I apply every day in my life, moreso than any of the computer related courses.
Philosophy 101 (and every equivalent) heavily focuses on the classical and modern teachings on morals and ethics.