Ethics
What ought to be done
Ethics
Source: Moral philosophy & values.
Force: Voluntary, normative.
Sanction: Reputational, conscience.
Example: An ML team chooses to audit a model for bias even when no law requires it.
An interactive atlas of every core concept the course unpacks — from fundamental principles to the Brussels Effect, from the AI Act to neurorights, from GDPR to Asimov's Laws.
Ethics, Regulation and Legislation are not the same. Hover each pillar.
What ought to be done
Source: Moral philosophy & values.
Force: Voluntary, normative.
Sanction: Reputational, conscience.
Example: An ML team chooses to audit a model for bias even when no law requires it.
How an authority steers behaviour
Source: Agencies, regulators, soft law.
Force: Binding rules + technical standards.
Sanction: Fines, audits, market bans.
Example: The Spanish AEPD issuing GDPR enforcement guidance.
The law itself
Source: Parliaments, treaties.
Force: Highest binding power.
Sanction: Civil, administrative, criminal.
Example: The EU AI Act adopted by the European Parliament.
💡 Ethics defines the compass. Regulation builds the guardrails. Legislation lays the tracks.
Click a slice of the wheel to explore the principle.
Choose one of the six principles from the wheel to read its definition, why it matters, and a real-world example from class.
Different organisations issue different ethical & legal frameworks. Click each.
How the EU's regulatory power radiates across the globe. Hover a region.
Seven instruments that already (or soon will) govern the work of every CS professional.
The AI Act sorts systems into four risk tiers. Click a tier.
The GDPR's core principles and how Europe diverges from the United States.
Flip each card to reveal the Do's and Don'ts.
Click each challenge to learn how the course frames it.
The classic laws — and the dilemmas they cannot resolve.
A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm.
A robot must obey orders given to it by humans — except where such orders conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as this does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
The course closes with four fast-moving fields. Click each.
Pick a scenario. Make a choice. See how each ethical framework would judge you.
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10 questions across every core concept of the course.
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