Morality And Ethics And Computers

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in the medical field. In one particular case, a technician trusted
what he thought a computer was telling him, and administered a deadly dose of
radiation to a hospital patient.2 In cases like these, it is difficult to decide
who's fault it is. It could have been the computer programmer's fault, but
Goodman asks, "How much responsibility can you place on a machine?"3
Many problems also occur when computers are used in education. Should
computers replace actual teachers in the classroom? In some schools, computers
and computer manuals have already started to replace teachers. I would consider
this an unethical use of computers because computers do not have the ability to
think and interact on an interpersonal basis.
Computers "dehumanize human activity"4 by taking away many jobs and
making many others "boring exercises in pushing the buttons that make the
technology work." 5
Complete privacy is almost impossible in this computer age. By using a
credit card or check ...

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employment based
on possible future illnesses rather than on job qualifications. Is this an
ethical use of computers?
One aspect of computers that is surely immoral and unethical is computer
crime, which has been on the rise lately. There are many different types of
computer crime. Three main types of crimes are making computer viruses, making
illegal copies of software, and actually stealing computers.
Computer viruses have been around for a decade but they became infamous
when the Michelangelo virus caused a scare on March 6, 1992. According to the
National Computer Security Association in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, there are 6000
known viruses worldwide and about 200 new ones show up ...

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