Influence Of Ethics On Technology - 3600 Words

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†¦show more content†¦Considerations regarding information ethics influence â€Å"personal decisions, professional practice, and public policy† [2]. Therefore, ethical analysis must provide a framework to take into consideration â€Å"m any, diverse domains† regarding how information is distributed. This paper will discuss and analyze a different view of the ethics of science and technology. The aim of normative ethics of science is to develop an ethical theory to determine which scientific activities should be regarded as ethically questionable. Apart from general moral and legal considerations, to this end the â€Å"aim of science† should be taken into account. Our justification for judging the conduct of some science as unethical is not a conflict between science and general moral or legal obligations, but the conflict between this or that proposed aim of science and ethical justification of a scientific aim. Normative means conforming to a standard or ideal. Thus, scientific method can be normative whenever an action or proposition is said to conform or not to conform to scientific method. In ethics, normative statements come in the form of â€Å"should† or â€Å"ought.† Normative cl aims are non-scientific in themselves in that empirical evidence alone rarely justifies an ethical judgment. Much of the action of ethical judgment is purely logical. Because what ought to be done is the