Ethical Ethics In Society

The computer was first brought into existence in the late 1930’s using vacuum tubes to create the sounds that are found in motion pictures today and since then; there has been a non-stop growth in the advancement of our technology and society. Growth can sometimes flourish so fast that it can be hard to keep track of especially in the areas that it may be easily overlooked until it comes to be necessary, such as the ethics. This new type of technological development brings ethical concerns upon us, just how it brought a cultural awakening upon society.

For every technological glass ceiling we have broken through comes an endless cascading effect of technical development in any of the other areas. When scientists first discovered the potential of nuclear power and realized its potential, the next domino effect was the development of weapons and machines, particularly the atomic bomb. Soon after this discovery, world wars started and came to an end where it brought many effects with its culmination. With each technological discovery comes the potential for great advances that can benefit society along with a plausible possibility of abuse and harm of our world. As our computers have continued to grow and the technology has persisted to advance, so has the need to address the ethics involved within those developments in order to ensure they are used for the good of the people rather than for the harm.

As we take a look at our society today, we see an era where most jobs involve using computers and others which have already been replaced by computers, machines and robots.

It is impossible to overlook the importance computers hold in our society as they have penetrated all areas of our lives; in education, business, and industry (Mas...

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...y not considered as ethical beings or even considered to be debated.

Today, we must include computers in the discussion of ethics in attempt to define their role as moral entities and because they have grown to become such a large influence to our society. But as we look into the future it is very uncertain what role computers will play in relation to the ethics. If by 2020, as Kurzweil predicts, computers advance to the point of being able to simulate all of the human brain’s characteristics and possess the ability to correct our genes, the connection that computers have with ethics may need to be looked even more closely and possibly have to be completely reshaped. Whatever the future holds, it is evident that as we move forward, the relationship that exists between computers and ethics will continue to progress and evolve into a strong bond between one another.