Technology in Ethical Situations

As the years pass, people’s daily lives are filled with the presence of technology no matter where they are. The world is constantly thinking of ways to surround us with new and dependable technology. Whether it’s the latest iPhone or having a hotel that is partially staffed by robots, these advancements in technology can have an influence on the future. Technology, in all of its forms, is an ultimate foe to those who abuse the power it has.

The modern era has come with many issues to be aware of such as technology which it is has been getting beneficial but at the same time problematic. Over the last decade, people have been using technology as a useful instrument. For instance, cell-phones, computers, GPS’s, and even video games are some of those devices that technology has been providing us a modern lifestyle. These tools are forcing us, in a way, to sell out our information so we can feel part of the modern era. Even though, we give them access to our personal information by using these products; it could mean too that we will be giving away the permission to void our rights for privacy.

Technology, although innovating/revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare, is concerning both ethically and professionally. In medicine, respectful and productive inter-collaborative relationships, specifically amongst healthcare professionals, have always been important. Recently, technological advances have caused these relationships to change in both structure and function. Some proponents believe that the field is changing for the better, while others believe technology will bring ethical dilemmas/conflicts which may impede with the "best" delivery of healthcare. Personally, I believe that technology brings both benefits and drawbacks to these relationships but, inevitably, is, and increasingly will become, a common aspect of society.

Last, but not certainly not least on the topic of technology, is the viewpoints and theories from Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon, The Book of the Machines (1872). Butler’s novel alludes that progression of technology will cause individuals to be afraid and that those same individuals will be a thing of the past as technology will take over life as it is (Van Camp, 2014). Although, there were certain technologies that Butler was referring to for that period of time that caused this way of thinking, it did not stop there. Technology has continued to evolve with the potential same implications of harming society today.

The world is changing rapidly with the new advancement of technology and as a result, our society is encountering several ethical problems that are needed to be discussed and solved as soon as possible to save our civilization from destruction. Our major threat is disruptive technologies as there are intervening a way too deep and may destroy the ethical values of our society. In this paper, we are discussing disruptive technology and their impact on the ethical values of our society. We will also discuss the real-life examples of recent issues generated from different disruptive business and technology and suggest a possible solution for this issue. Our character and knowledge both entities are required for an equitable and resilient

Over the past few years, we have been witnessing technological advancement across the globe. As a result of these changes, we face a number of ethical and legal issues in our society and these issues range from business oriented to health issues, thus there is need for stakeholders and those involved to come up with some of the ways that will enabled them to identify these issues as well as some of the ways that can be used to prevent any loss as a result of these issues.

At first glance ethics and technology seem to have no interaction. However, we see the influence of ethics on technology both from the profession and the public. For example the "code of professional ethics" has changed the procedures in different parts of science, engineering and technology, and has given a particular direction to the types of projects done, their scope, and implementations. The sensitivity of consumers to choose moral values has also resulted in the change of direction for many technologies. Public participation in science and technology and the legal channels are the other factors that shape the influence of ethics on technology. More controversially on the other side we see the impact of technology on ethics. One can

Technology is in many ways valuable to our society. It has come a very long way in such a short time. It is growing in such a way that Internet rules are vague and slow to emerge, causing a lot of frustration amongst its users. While many users use technology as it was intended, there are those who do not. Your typical users use technology for educational, work purposes or just plain entertainment. Then we have those who have malicious intent. In order for these users to commit cyber crimes they have to be educated and very familiar with technology. “Power and ethics have always had a close relationship, and as the old saying goes, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." This means that people have a responsibility to use their power wisely and ethically. The power created by computers is no different from any other type of power, as it also has a profound effect on ethics” (Bowles, 2013). There’s a variety of ways that technology can be misused, from piracy to identity theft. It’s unfortunate that the more we learn and become familiar with technology the more likely we are to manipulate and take advantage of its capabilities. Once again, because of its constantly changing nature, the area of computer technology is one that is difficult to assign a specific set of moral codes. Technology creates a whole new set of ethical problems. Such problems include: piracy, hacking and data theft, disputed rights to products, the use of computers to commit fraud,

Abstract – Technology has affected all aspects of everyday life and has changed vastly over time. This can even be said with law enforcement. Technology can be used to intercept phone calls, protect officers, and provide surveillance to help find criminals. This can be a good thing, to an extent. But when will all this security and protection of privacy become too much, where instead of protecting innocent people, their lives and rights are violated. This paper will talk about the history in technology in law enforcement, examples of technology that are seen as high privacy risks, how it may affect people’s privacy and security rights, and when that may become too much.

The world is changing rapidly with the advancement of technology. As a result of this change, our society encounters several ethical problems that need to be discussed and solved as soon as possible to save our civilization from destruction. The major threat is disruptive technologies that intervene in our everyday life. In this paper, we are discussing disruptive technology and its impact on the ethical values of our society. We will also discuss the real-life examples of recent issues generated by different disruptive businesses and technologies and suggest a possible solution for this issue. Character and knowledge are both entities required for an equitable and resilient peace. According to Elie (1996), the ethical values of society must be based on the exemplary nature of God and the equality of man. People must be real, faithful and solid inside to retain significant goodness, moral values and great support for a civilized society. It is essential to get awareness of all possible types of ethical problems posed to society from disruptive technology.

Internet is one of the biggest and broadest milestone that the human race has done in this era. It indicates that our world is in a continuous process of searching new things that would give the best experience to every one of us. This innovation is for all of us, even to a child wanting to play an online game. Yes, it is now possible for anyone to interact with the internet. This information highway is useful in many aspect. It could bring and satisfy us in a way of delivering those information in an effective manner.

Privacy has become an important piece in technological perspective where there is a strong bond between privacy and human beings when concerned to technology usage. Information whether personal or private with respect to technology are major concerns in Technoethics. Each innovation of this modern era has its ethical issues.

Technology in our society is way to advanced for some people. We fail to realize the complications that could possibly join these new inventions. We don’t see how these products could be ways for others to listen in without warning, and we buy these things accepting the terms and conditions without seeing if it’s actually completely safe. We shouldn’t feel safe however knowing several of our information that we wouldn’t want to be public; could be at any chosen moment. We allow several corporations and governments receive information about us they would/should have no interest in, we embrace and advance our technology and by doing this we sacrifice our privacy everyday.

Science and technology are advancing at an extremely rapid pace, sometimes without regard to consequences. In the 1950’s Robert Briggs and Thomas King were successfully able to clone frogs using nuclei from embryonic cells. Then in 1996, Ian Wilmot cloned a sheep named Dolly from an udder cell of an adult cell. The news of Dolly rocked the world to its core. All types of people began surfacing with the ethical concerns about its potential uses and terror of what might come next: human cloning. As reported in the article, “Clinton Bars Federal Funds for Human Cloning Research” by CNN, in 1997, President Clinton stopped all federal funding for cloning. “Clinton also called on privately funded researchers to voluntarily implement a temporary moratorium on human cloning research ‘until our bioethics advisory committee and our entire nation has had time to... debate the ethical implications’” (CNN). With scientific discoveries such as cloning many people rely on the wisdom of repugnance to decide what is right and wrong. The wisdom of repugnance, which is more commonly known as the “yuck” factor, is used in arguments to appeal to our sense of disgust. Some believe that the wisdom of repugnance is an instinctive negative response to an idea or practice that should be interpreted as evidence for the intrinsically harmful. Repugnance should not be the sole determining factor when making a judgement, which is what author Leon R. Kass unjustly bases his against cloning on.

Technology as defined by the New American Oxford Dictionary: “The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.”