AI ETHICS COUNCIL · DAY 8 OF 10
Public Hearing: Listen for the Evidence
Represent the role, answer a strong objection, then record your own verdict.
- Topic: debate + tradeoffs
- Time: one class period
- Turn in: role brief, hearing notes, and personal reflection
AI Ethics Council Casebook
Use the same casebook for all ten days. Earlier evidence stays available during the hearing and code-writing days.
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Today’s learning
Use the Council Lens: What decision? Who has power? Who is affected? What is the evidence? What check would make the system more accountable?
Today’s task
- Review the 100-point rubric and keep the Day 7 role brief open.
- Deliver the opening in the format your teacher assigns.
- Listen for each role’s claim, evidence, reasoning, response, and condition.
- Answer one strong objection without attacking the speaker.
- After the hearing, separate the role’s verdict from your personal verdict.
Casebook checkpoint
Complete page 9. Keep the complete casebook for the final council decision.
Success criteria
- ✓ The position is clear
- ✓ At least two specific pieces of evidence are used
- ✓ The response addresses another argument
- ✓ The reflection names evidence that shaped the verdict
Use this sentence stem:
Our stakeholder argued _____ because _____. My own verdict is _____ because the strongest evidence was _____.
Our stakeholder argued _____ because _____. My own verdict is _____ because the strongest evidence was _____.
Word bank: position · evidence · reasoning · rebuttal · tradeoff · condition
If you get stuck
- Speaking style is not the evidence.
- Challenge the claim, source, assumption, or tradeoff, not the person.
- If you lose your place, return to the role’s one-sentence position.
Before you submit
- Upload a readable copy of page 9. You may submit a document, PDF, photo, or short video walkthrough using the options your teacher enables.
- Keep your complete casebook; later days require evidence from earlier pages.