you notice that there is a loophole in the security for the internet, and so you let loose a worm...
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You notice that there is a loophole in the security for the Internet, and so you let loose a worm that brings down close to 3,000 computers, because you feel that it would be a good way to point out the weakness of the system (Robert Morris, Jr., at Cornell in 1988):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris
• Hope that a simple rule works.
Christianity All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:1
Confucianism Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state. Analects 12:2
Buddhism Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana-Varga 5,1
Hinduism This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you. Mahabharata 5,1517
Islam No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah
Judaism What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. Talmud, Shabbat 3id
Taoism Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien
Zoroastrianism
That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself. Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5
• Hope that a simple rule works.
Free software?
• Appeal to authority (or “pass the buck”).
• Appeal to authority (or “pass the buck”).
Leviticus 25: 45-46: “Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.”
• Appeal to authority.
1 Timothy 6:1-2 : " Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. "
• Appeal to authority.
• Appeal to authority.
• Appeal to authority.
• Appeal to authority.
• Appeal to authority.
1853 -1902
De Beers
Rhodesia
"I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race...If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible..."
1853 -1902
De Beers
Rhodesia
1863 - 1947
In 1999, he was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people.
“If fans wish to know the trouble with American baseball they have it in three words—too much Jew.”
1863 - 1947
In 1999, he was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people.
From Rushworth Kidder, Moral Courage, p. 89
Rationalization:
•Everyone does it. It’s standard practice.
•It doesn’t really hurt anyone.
•This is not my responsibility. I shouldn’t stick my nose in.
•If I make a stink, I won’t be effective but I’ll get a reputation as a complainer.
•If I stood up for what I believe, they’d just fire me and get someone else to do what they want.
“The achievement of his own happiness is man’s highest moral purpose.”
- Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness (1961)
John Stuart Mill1806-1873
Jeremy Bentham1748-1832
Choose the action that results in the greatest total good.
To do this, we need to:
• Define what’s good.
• Find a way to measure it.
X has written a hit song.
You can put the song up on the web and distribute it to all the fans.
• Millions of people win.
• One person loses.
Foxconn's largest factory worldwide is in Longhua, Shenzhen, where hundreds of thousands of workers (varying counts include 230,000, 300,000, and 450,000]) are employed in a walled campus sometimes referred to as "iPod City“, that covers about 1.16 square miles. A quarter of the employees live in the dormitories, and many of them work up to 12 hours a day for 6 days each week.[16]
Required to exist: Life, Health
Maintain fulfillment: Not to be: deceived, cheated, stolen from, have promises reneged on.
Increase fulfillment: property, respect,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11309902
An example:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-01/Facebook-organ-donation-feature/54671522/1
http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/patient/facebook-organ-donation-scheme-fizzles/240007260
New weapons must conform to International Humanitarian Law:
Article 36 of the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocol I of 1977, specifies:
In the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a new weapon, means or method of warfare, a High Contracting Party is under an obligation to determine whether its employment would, in some or all circumstances, be prohibited by this Protocol or by any other rule of international law applicable to the High Contracting Party.
Conventional (human) soldiers are not generally regarded as weapons.
Conventional (human) soldiers are not generally regarded as weapons.
But, do we agree that a sophisticated robotic soldier is a weapon?
Conventional (human) soldiers are not generally regarded as weapons.
But, do we agree that a sophisticated robotic soldier is a weapon?
What about a cyborg?
