Reason, Relativity And Responsibility In Computer Ethics

Rocky L. Ho Chapter 3 Title: “Reason, Relativity and Responsibility in Computer Ethics” by James H. Moor Quote: “Computers are also enriching , because of their logical malleability, computers are put to many uses in diverse activities.”

Expectations: I expect to learn about the nature of computer ethics. Book Review: The author of this chapter is James H. Moor, has said that the “computer revolution has life of its own”, this sentence made me think how could a computer have a life of its own, how come it was said it that way, for some reason, it is kind of weird, because computer has no life, it can’t breathe, sense, see, hear, and taste, it is still a non-living thing, so does it still count that has life? I guess not. Maybe the author said that because, it gets electricity, to be able to operate, it will go on if it was turned on. There are some rules and regulation when it comes to web sites, stated in the materials first, “Destroy information on the user’s hard disk by leaving a time bomb on the user’s desk”, second, “remote information from the user’s hard disk without the user’s knowledge”, third, “leave a cookie”, fourth, “leave a cookie on users desk to inform”, fifth, “do not take or leave any permanent information on the user’s desk”, lastly, “Give the user the information and ability to accept or decline cookies”.

Things I have learned: I learned that the special nature of computer ethics is to maintain the computer ethics in their own special fields.

Integrity Questions: 1.) Who is the author of this chapter? 2.) What are core values? 3.) What is responsibility? 4.) What is resolution? 5.) What is residue?