Table of Contents
- 1 Why is it usually difficult to assign moral responsibility for computer system failures to a particular individual?
- 2 What are the ethical values that computer users should consider in order to make computer usage morally upright?
- 3 What are the requirements before you can hold someone morally responsible?
- 4 How does technology affect the moral of a person?
Why is it usually difficult to assign moral responsibility for computer system failures to a particular individual?
Because of its constantly changing nature, the area of computer technology is one that is difficult to assign a specific set of moral codes, although it is necessary that ethics be considered when making decisions in this area.
What are the ethical values that computer users should consider in order to make computer usage morally upright?
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
- Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
- Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work.
- Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s computer files.
- Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
- Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
What is the concept of many hands in terms of computing?
The problem of many hands is the result of the fact that complex computer systems are produced by groups of people (e.g., project teams, corporations) thereby making it difficult to identify who is responsible for errors or harmful consequences of use.
What are the requirements before you can hold someone morally responsible?
Moral responsibility is about human action and its intentions and consequences (Fisher 1999, Eshleman 2016). Generally speaking a person or a group of people is morally responsible when their voluntary actions have morally significant outcomes that would make it appropriate to blame or praise them.
How does technology affect the moral of a person?
A good use of technology is one which improves human physical, mental, spiritual, and moral well-being. A bad technology will do the opposite: make us sicker, less educated, less loving of others, and worse at making moral decisions.
What is the relationship between knowledge and moral responsibility?
What are the components of a moral act? What is the relationship between knowledge and responsibility? The relationship between knowledge and responsibility is that if you have the knowledge of what is right or wrong then you can responsibly make the right choice or irresponsibly make the wrong choice.