Negative feedback loops Damaging self-referential outputs, Example: A criminal labeled as “high risk” in law enforcement database. Background Gradually introduce your topic. Give background information and explain why this news has interesting ethical implications. Read critically: point out cognitive biases or logical fallacies present in the story, avoid them in your own analysis. Include brief explanations of any major developments between the state of the issue before it was newsworthy and the present. Analysis Provide multiple points of view – more than just your own interpretation of the news. Whose views are represented in the article? Which perspectives are not mentioned but may be affected by the event? Justify the reasoning behind each view. Identify strengths and weaknesses of these perspectives, weighing them for validity and relevance. Sharing multiple perspectives does not always mean discussing just two sides of an event. For example, when discussing the cyber attack on a water system in Florida, of course you will analyze how such an attack would affect citizens as one viewpoint. But the alternate view doesn’t need to be defending the hacker. Instead, you could focus on the viewpoint that such systems should not be connected to the internet at all. From there you would weigh pros and cons about such connectivity. Notice that the article never mentioned such an idea – you think and reflect on the problem yourself.