ETHICS:


Rules or Principles Behind Moral Decisions 
Study of Ethics
A - Rational Basis
B - Comparison of Different Actions
Values  NOT=Ethics
CLASSICAL THEORISTS
A - Plato
B - Aristotle
C - Epicurus
MORE RECENT THEORISTS
Kant          Mill       Spinoza
KANTIAN THEORY
A - Honesty
B - Loyalty
C - Respect
D - Responsibility

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PERVASIVENESS OF COMPUTERS = VULNERABILITY

COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FAILURES
o 3 Mile Island
o Chernobyl
o KAL007
o Vincennes
o A320 Airbus

Computer Dependency Sometimes Produces Bizzarre Results
New Issues Created by Computers
o Crime
o Victimless?
o Prevent or Detect?

New Issues Created by Computers
o Software Protection
- Users Vs. Developers

New Issues Created by Computers
o Hackers and Malicious Software
o Harmless Fun?
o Guard Civil Liberties?
o Virus Creation Justified?

New Issues Created by Computers
o Unreliable Software
o Untestable?
o Who is Responsible?
o Warranty?

New Issues Created by Computers
o Privacy
o What is it?
o How Much?
o Balance?

New Issues Created by Computers
o Workplace Computerization
- Enhance or Degrade?
- Deskilling of Workforce?

New Issues Created by Computers
o New Versions of Old Moral Issues?
o No Difference in Kind, Not Just in Context.

EXAMPLES
o Depersonalization of Human Contact.
o False Sense of Reality.
o Storage, Retrieval, and Matching Capabilities Unknown in Earlier Times.
o Library Checkout.

New Issues Created by Computers
o  Benign-Invidious Dichotomy
o Nissan
o Video Stores
o Student Cafeterias
o Diner's Club