Predictive Policing Scenario: Tampa wants to use AI for pred…

Predictive Policing Scenario: Tampa wants to use AI for predictive policing to reduce crime in high-crime downtown neighborhoods. The AI system is 85% accurate but shows bias against certain ethnic communities. The police department argues it will reduce overall crime by 30%, but civil rights groups argue it will unfairly target minority communities. As a city council member, you must decide whether to approve this system. Using the three ethical frameworks discussed in class (consequentialism, deontological ethics, and virtue ethics), analyze this scenario. What would each framework suggest as the ethically appropriate decision? Which stakeholders have the most power versus the most interest in this decision?

The three main branches of ethics are ethics, which asks “W…

The three main branches of ethics are ethics, which asks “What rules or principles should guide us?”, ethics, which asks “How do we use those rules in real-life issues?”, and ethics, which asks “What is morality? What do words like ‘good,’ ‘bad,’ or ‘right’ really mean?”