China's Social Credit Score: An Ethical Analysis

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY
China’s Social Credit Score
Assignment 3: Applying Ethical Theory
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China’s Social Credit Score
Table of Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................2
Utilitarianism Theory................................................................................................................3
Deontology Theory...................................................................................................................4
Virtue Theory............................................................................................................................5
Contract Theory.......................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................7
References...............................................................................................................................8
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China’s Social Credit Score
Introduction
This report helps to understand the concept of different theories of ethics. It also analyses
this theory in respect of case. It discusses the theory of utilitarianism in which it states that
individuals desire the happiness. It is based on the principle that “actions are right and that
tend to promote the happiness and wrong as they reverse of happiness”. The other theory is
a virtue that emphasis on the virtue of mind and character. The theory of Deontology is
depended on action that can be right or wrong and based on the series of rules rather on the
consequences of action.
The case study is based on China’s social credit score that can be implemented by different
programs. The main aim of the study is to generate the score for different individuals and
institutions. It can also be analyses that eight companies have been approved for these
systems and also compile information to assign the citizens as score.
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China’s Social Credit Score
Utilitarianism Theory
This theory focus on the happiness of individuals that is based on the pleasure that results
from an action, it is the version of consequentialism that can be stated as the consequences
of an action that can be a standard of right or wrong.
In relation to the case study, the china is developing the “social credit score” that can be
applied to different citizens and institutions. Their main aim of social credit system is to
generate a score and that helps to fill the data like tax, through this system more number of
consumers can reap rewards. With the help of utilitarianism theory more students can
generate this facility and that leads to the maximum number of happiness. They also decline
the “persistent rumors that can be monitored by the user of organizations while accessing
their social credit (Woodruff, 2018).
According to the utilitarian’s act, it can be stated that the act of social system is permissible if
the consequences can be produced by performing the act for the greatest number of
individuals who adopted the system. Some of the utilitarians argued that these are the
consequence that is the outcome of the different principles or rules and not the
consequences of acts.
It can also be evaluated that if the government establishes the system of blacklist then
individuals can engage in online swindles, rumourmongering, infringe the interest and right
of other individuals. This all can be recognized as the empathy for individuals (Irina Raicu,
2018).
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