Module 1: What is Ethics?

SAQ 1-1

2. Pick one area of applied ethics. Study some of its concern and summarize what you find out.

1. Pick three definitions of ethics from those given and give your own example.

(a) Ethics is an area of philosophy that deals with man's pursuit of the 'good life' - Production of weapon of mass destruction to destroy the living on earth instead of protection. (b) Ethics deals with the basic principle of right action especially with reference to a particular person, profession and other. - When the company prohibits the use computer in the office for personal use like network games or chatting then the employee must obey the rule. (c) Ethics is the study and philosophy of human conduct with emphasis on the determination of right and wrong. - A resigning employee embed a timed system to destroy the company IS by the time he leaved.

I am fear of a controversy of production of Weapons of Mass Destruction. In US, they are the highest producer of high-grade warships. Billions of dollars were spent and budgeted each year. In fact, US is one of the most politically powerful in the world. It draws in my mind that somebody produces more and better than currently the highest to overwhelm power. For generation after generation, there could be one weapon vanishes the earth in a single moment of time and these are the terrorist threat to destabilize the great forces. Applied ethics is to prohibit of producing this wide range of mass destruction that is happened to Iraq of US perspective.

3. The case of Rona.

4. In you opinion, when does an act become ethical or unethical? Explain your answer. Support it using your example.

If I am the judge, considering the ethics is also deals with laws, it can be trait fair of both parties with respect to each community laws. But, I know, you know there is an injustice Ethics has a general subject called Metaethics which investigate ethical principle come from reason in ethical judgment, psychological issues of metaethics involves the psychological basis of judgments and conducts, particularly understand what motivates us to be moral. In the case of Rona, it can be view called psychological egoism that is self-oriented interest that absolutely immoral in general rule of ethics. Without moral values, we are subject to whims of Rona's selfish interest. Community A stole the potential of Community B upon Jojo's software implied.

I believe the Golden Rule, a normative ethics, a very classical and discrete thought of ethicality. Golden Rule said, "We should do to others what we would want to others to do to us." Ethical things are what we do that is what we want others do to us. On the other hand, unethical are what we don't want others to do to us. If Rona doesn't like to steal her stolen programs by me then she should not stole Jojo's program.

5. If you will be given the opportunity to formulate at least five ethical norms to govern computing what they be? Briefly explain each.

(c) ICT is not for crime. - Individual uses ICT instead but the opportunity of crimes. These include document forgery, credit card fraud, text crimes, defame a certain personality or exhaust recipient (d) ICT promotes Morality of the Society - Since the Internet provide access to all information, pornographic and unethical information are also available at any age that may not be suitable for them. (e) ICT protects the living on Earth. - There are program embedded in the weapons of Mass Destruction for more precise control instead of using them to protect earth

(a) Intellectual Property Rights - The developer of the program either by individual or by team has the only authority to disseminate in any forms or means unless with their consent. (b) Privacy - With the breakthrough of information made easily accessible, then even personal data is made accessible too. These data are abuse by some people for their own interest like spamming, hoaxes or access to distribute marketing means.

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