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Discerning Good from Evil

TARGET:

09-11 years

INTENSITY:

25 min

LEARNING GOAL

Learning to differentiate a human being from an "intelligent" machine

PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION

Identify moral differences

Target SKILLS

MATERIALS

DETAILED PROCEDURE

PROGRESS INDICATORS

Ambiguous action cards

Sorting actions into good/bad.

Step 1

Students provide argued justifications.

Step 2

Show that an algorithm classifies according to a fixed rule.

Step 3

Comparison of the absence of contextual discernment: give an example where context changes the outcome.

Step 4

Discussion on moral complexity: humans must be capable of this broader perspective.

Step 5

Summary: students formulate a definition of moral discernment (taking into account context, intentions, and consequences) and explain why a machine cannot exercise it alone.

Step 6

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Step 10

The student formulates a definition of moral discernment and explains why a machine cannot exercise it.

Co-Intelligence Human-Machine

Simple Reasoning

Research Foundations

Kohlberg, L. (1976)

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