[nightpool]

Every ABET accredited CS course (almost every CS course in the US I think?) requires an Ethics in Computer Science credit. I remember going over a lot of case studies, including Therac 25, but our course also included a lot of general grounding in ethics and philosophy as well, which I enjoyed a lot.

[dijksterhuis]

ah, fair enough! maybe it is/was a uk thing (admittedly times might have changed a little since i did my masters/phd).

at the very least i have a wikipedia article on therac 25 to read through now. so thanks for that!

also, yea i remember really enjoying the ethics module too. lots of discussion and not always a clear answer. was very different to the rest of the "one correct maths answer" in a lot of the other modules.