This course offers an introduction to design ethics. It establishes design as the practice of making choices on behalf of others, which typically has broad systemic implications. Through critical reading, discussion, and analysis, the course examines a broad range of topics relevant to the ethics of design in broader systemic contexts, including social equality and advocacy, natural resource protection, cultural and biological diversity, consumer and labor rights, and artificial intelligence. Students taking this course will present and discuss theoretical positions and case studies in class. In doing so, students are expected to develop capacities for critical thinking and evaluation that lead to design advances, to assume aesthetic and ethical perspectives to guide responsible practice, and to demonstrate an awareness of the social, cultural, and environmental impacts of design. Skills: critical reading and discussion, translating theory to design practice