User Tools

Site Tools


ci2010:team3:generalethics

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision
Previous revision
ci2010:team3:generalethics [2010/02/23 21:44]
gmartine
ci2010:team3:generalethics [2010/02/24 15:11] (current)
Line 36: Line 36:
  
 Sets of duties dictate which groups we adhere to. If a group of friends share a set of duties that confront your own, you are likely to avoid such group. If an association has a set of duties to which you know you cannot adhere, you decide not to join. In general, different sets of duties determine our associations. ​ Sets of duties dictate which groups we adhere to. If a group of friends share a set of duties that confront your own, you are likely to avoid such group. If an association has a set of duties to which you know you cannot adhere, you decide not to join. In general, different sets of duties determine our associations. ​
-====== ​Excerpts ​======+====== ​Quotations ​======
 "Why not say [...] 'Let us do evil that good may result'?​ Their condemnation is deserved."​ -NIV Bible, Romans 5:8 "Why not say [...] 'Let us do evil that good may result'?​ Their condemnation is deserved."​ -NIV Bible, Romans 5:8
  
 “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” -Immanuel Kant “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” -Immanuel Kant
  
-====== ​Classic and Modern ​Ethical Questions ======+"Given our present perspective,​ it is amazing that Christian ethics down through the centuries could have accepted almost unanimously the sententious doctrine that "the end does not justify the means." ​ We have to ask now, "If the end does not justify the means, what does?" ​ The answer is, obviously, "​Nothing!""​ - Joseph Fletcher, //Moral Responsibility//​ (1967) 
 + 
 +====== Ethical Questions ====== 
 +We don't give answers for these questions, and some of them may have no clear answer, but there are here to get you thinking. 
 + 
 +  * Is it fair to charge more for technology in a developing country where it is more rare and in higher demand? ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team1.blogspot.com/​2010/​02/​digital-divide.html)) 
 +  * How should we decide whether a piece of work should cost money, be free, or even be free and open source? ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team2.blogspot.com/​2010/​02/​ethics-security-and-open-source-triple.html)) 
 +  * Is the best way to stay ahead of malicious hackers by hacking programs ourselves and posting the exploits for all to see?  Is this even an acceptable method? ​ ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team2.blogspot.com/​2010/​01/​internet-return-to-wild-west.html and Professor Comer'​s opinion)) 
 +  * How much responsibility do public officials have when it comes to understanding the technology that they'​re selecting for their constituents?​ ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team3.blogspot.com/​2010/​02/​voting-and-security-from-ethical.html)) 
 +  * What responsibilities do parents, teachers, and others have to educate children on Internet safety? ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team4.blogspot.com/​2010/​01/​welcome.html)) 
 +  * When is web filtering a good or bad thing in schools? ((Adapted from http://​ci2010-team5.blogspot.com/​2010/​02/​digital-divide-outdated-or-updated.html))
ci2010/team3/generalethics.1266979456.txt.gz · Last modified: 2010/02/23 21:44 by gmartine