Yes! The idea that "ethics" should be taught in technical courses disrespects the autonomy of students, who paid good money to learn about a topic they are int

Yes! The idea that "ethics" should be taught in technical courses disrespects the autonomy of students, who paid good money to learn about a topic they are interested in, not to hear your propaganda. These students know where to find a course on ethics if they want one. Forcing your ethical views on a captive audience of students in a course on, say, computer architecture, is unethical. For a horrible example of "ethics" instruction at Harvard, see the "ethics" module for CS 61: Systems Programming and Machine Organization, at https://embeddedethics.seas.harvard.edu/classes/cs-61-2019-fall https://embeddedethics.seas.harvard.edu/classes/cs-61-2019-f... An excerpt: Sample Class Activity: After being introduced to the concept of representational harm, students are presented with a slide containing the current set of ‘yellow’ emoji representing families of different kinds. In small groups, students discuss what kinds of families are left out from the current set and whether those omissions constitute representational harms. Here is the course description: "CS 61 is a first course in computer systems programming, meaning the creation of high-performance programs that use computer hardware effectively..." Imagine you are a student who is taking this course because you need the technical knowledge you think it covers, and then you are asked to discuss family emojis. I think you would be right to be disgusted with the instructor, disgusted with the CS department, and disgusted with Harvard University.